insert problem.

From: Memphisto <szoli(at)netvisor(dot)hu>
To: PostgreSQL general mailinglist <pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: insert problem.
Date: 1998-11-05 14:13:35
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.3.96.981105150833.1479C-100000@linux.intranet.netvisor.hu
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Hi,

I've got this little problem:
I've got two relations:
groups(name text); -- This one contains the name of usergroups;
users (username text, groupid oid, constraint grid primary key(username));
-- The users relation contains the name of the users along with the group
relation's oid as a foreign key.
I'd like to insert a new user and I also know the group's he or she
belongs to:

elmu=> insert into users values('Average Joe', (select oid from groups
where groups.name='grp1'));
ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "select"

What's wrong with the insertion?

Thanks in advance

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