Question

How would I combine the following two statements to create a valid SQL query?

provider = os.path.basename(file)

cursor.execute("""INSERT into main_app_financialstatements 
                  (statement_id, provider_id***, url, date) 
                  VALUES (%s, %s***, %s, %s)""", 
                  (statement_id, provider***, url, date))

provider_id = SELECT id FROM main_app_provider WHERE provider=provider

In other words, I have the provider, and I need to SELECT the provider_id from another table in order to INSERT it into the main_app_financialstatements.

Answer 1

cursor.execute("""INSERT into main_app_financialstatements
  (statement_id, provider_id, url, date)
VALUES (%s, (SELECT id FROM main_app_provider WHERE provider=%s), %s, %s)""",
  (statement_id, provider, url, date))