Inserting value from one DB to another.

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Inserting value from one DB to another.

Mitch2007

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August 26, 2010 at 12:46 pm

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Hi all,
would love some guidance on what I thought would be a simple insert statement.
I'm inserting some values that are created on the fly but the third value is actually pulled from another table from another Databse (but on the same server). I'm sure the spelling is correct (wouldn't be the first time) and the SQL error states it is the SELECT line that is throwing me off.
I have tried the insert without the third field and it runs fine so i'm certain this is where it trips up.
Is my syntax not correct? I could insert a duff value then use an update to correct it but isdrally i'd like this achieved in one hit.
Any advice please?
DECLARE @FValue varchar(50)
SET @FValue = SELECT count(SomeField) FROM ADifferentDatabase.dbo.SomeTable
INSERT INTO AnotherDB.dbo.AnotherTable
(
Field01, Field02, Field03, Field04
)
SELECT 'AValueFor01' AS Field01, 'AValueFor02' As Field02, @FValue AS Field03, 'AValueFor04' AS Field04
GO
Cheers,
Vega...

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WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 1

Mitch2007 (8/26/2010)
Hi all,
would love some guidance on what I thought would be a simple insert statement.
I'm inserting some values that are created on the fly but the third value is actually pulled from another table from another Databse (but on the same server). I'm sure the spelling is correct (wouldn't be the first time) and the SQL error states it is the SELECT line that is throwing me off.
I have tried the insert without the third field and it runs fine so i'm certain this is where it trips up.
Is my syntax not correct? I could insert a duff value then use an update to correct it but isdrally i'd like this achieved in one hit.
Any advice please?
DECLARE @FValue varchar(50)
SET @FValue = SELECT count(SomeField) FROM ADifferentDatabase.dbo.SomeTable
INSERT INTO AnotherDB.dbo.AnotherTable
(
Field01, Field02, Field03, Field04
)
SELECT 'AValueFor01' AS Field01, 'AValueFor02' As Field02, @FValue AS Field03, 'AValueFor04' AS Field04
GO
Cheers,
Vega...

First, I see that you're putting an int into a varchar(50) field. It will work, but...

What is the exact error message you're getting?

Is AnotherDB.dbo.AnotherTable.Field03 an identity column?

Can you provide the script that creates AnotherDB.dbo.AnotherTable?

Wayne
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Jeffrey Williams SSC Guru Points: 90303 More actions · Answer 2

You need to put parentheses around your select statement:

DECLARE @FValue varchar(50)

SET @FValue = SELECT count(SomeField) FROM ADifferentDatabase.dbo.SomeTable

Should be:

DECLARE @FValue varchar(50);

SET @FValue = (SELECT count(SomeField) FROM ADifferentDatabase.dbo.SomeTable);

Or, you can change this to select into the variable, as in:

DECLARE @FValue varchar(50);

SELECT @FValue = count(SomeField) FROM ADifferentDatabase.dbo.SomeTable;

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Mitch2007 SSC Eights! Points: 830 More actions · Answer 3

THANK YOU Jeffrey, that worked like a charm !!

I had a feeling the syntax was awry somewhere.

Cheers!