Question

I am following this post: SQL: INSERT INTO…VALUES..SELECT

and my qustion is how do I declare the temporary @value1 which is assigned a value from a SELECT statement? I have something like

CREATE PROCEDURE name
(
@arg1 as type1,
@arg2 as type2
)

AS
    @value1 = SELECT x from tabley WHERE <something>

    INSERT INTO Table(x,y,z) VALUES(@arg1,@arg2,@value1)

but I dont know where to declare and set @value1??

Answer 1

CREATE PROCEDURE name
(
@arg1 as type1,
@arg2 as type2
)

AS
DECLARE @value1 as type1

     SELECT @value1=x from tabley WHERE <something>

    INSERT INTO Table(x,y,z) VALUES(@arg1,@arg2,@value1)