Question

I am using SQL Server 2008.

The following is part of a stored procedure. The @Param1 –> @Param6 are the stored procedures parameters.

This is what I am trying to do:

INSERT INTO myTable 
VALUES (otherTableValue, @Param2, @Param3, @Param4, @Param5)
SELECT ID as otherTableValue
FROM otherTable
WHERE otherTable.Param6 = @Param6

I am getting “invalid column name” as an error. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Your syntax is wrong. To use a select in an insert, you use the select instead of the values:

INSERT INTO myTable 
SELECT ID, @Param2, @Param3, @Param4, @Param5
FROM otherTable
WHERE otherTable.Param6 = @Param6