Thread: Can I use variable to store sql data - II

Hi,

The scenario:
1. SELECT id_product FROM products WHERE product_code='PRD-030';

Now I want to insert id_product into another table :

2. INSERT INTO product_sales( id_product, sale_date)
    INSERT INTO product_sales( id_product, sale_date)
    INSERT INTO product_sales( id_product, sale_date)

As you can see the 'id_product' is not known. I know one solution:
INSERT INTO product_sales(  (SELECT id_product FROM products WHERE
product_code='PRD-030'), sale_date)
... but I don't like it very mutch.

Can I set id_product from statement 1 to a variable and use that variable into
statements 2.


Thanks.

NosyMan wrote:
> Can I set id_product from statement 1 to a variable and use that
> variable into statements 2.

You can't do that in plain SQL, but perhaps you want to look into
PL/pgSQL.

Please don't post to pgsql-patches unless you have a patch.

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Peter Eisentraut
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