Re: INSERT question - Mailing list pgsql-novice

On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 08:28:39 -0800,
  sarlav kumar <sarlavk@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Is there a way to write the INSERT as follows?
>
> INSERT into merchant_buyer_country (merchant_id,country,enabled,group_id)  values (1203,
> (SELECT code FROM country WHERE send IS NOT NULL OR receive IS NOT NULL), 'true',1);
>

You have to use a SELECT instead of the VAlues clause. Something like the
following should work:
INSERT INTO merchant_buyer_country (merchant_id, country, enabled, group_id)
  SELECT 1203, code, TRUE, 1 FROM country
    WHERE send IS NOT NULL OR receive IS NOT NULL
;