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2013/1/14 Robert James <srobertjames@xxxxxxxxx>:
> I have a lot of VALUES I want to INSERT.  But only a subset of them -
> only those that meet a JOIN criteria involving another table.
>
> I could INSERT them into a temp table, and then do a SELECT INTO.  But
> do I need to do that?  Is there any way to do a INSERT... VALUES ...
> WHERE...

INSERT INTO ... SELECT is what you are looking for.

Simple example:

  CREATE TABLE seltest (id INT);
  INSERT INTO seltest (id) SELECT 1;


HTH

Ian Lawrence Barwick


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