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Asked: 2026-05-28T19:11:31+00:00

I am writing some sql, using sql server 2008, to loop around some records.

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I am writing some sql, using sql server 2008, to loop around some records. Within this loop I need to insert a row and the ID of that row will be put into a field in an existing record in a different table. I thought I would be able to achieve this with OUTPUT but I couldn’t find an example of exactly what I wanted to do.

Here’s what I have so far:

DECLARE @courseTempID INT
DECLARE @courseID INT
DECLARE @academicYearID INT
DECLARE @courseCode VARCHAR(10)
DECLARE @uio_id INT
DECLARE @creatorIntranetUserID INT

WHILE (SELECT count(*) FROM CoursesTemp WHERE dmprocessed = 0) > 0
BEGIN
    SELECT TOP 1 @id = courseTempID FROM CoursesTemp WHERE dmprocessed = 0
    SELECT TOP 1 @academicYearID = academicYearID FROM CoursesTemp WHERE dmprocessed = 0
    SELECT TOP 1 @courseCode = courseCode FROM CoursesTemp WHERE dmprocessed = 0
    SELECT TOP 1 @uio_id = uio_id FROM CoursesTemp WHERE dmprocessed = 0
    SELECT TOP 1 @creatorIntranetUserID = creatorIntranetUserID FROM CoursesTemp WHERE dmprocessed = 0

    INSERT INTO dbo.Courses VALUES(3,@academicYearID,1,@courseCode,@uio_id,GETDATE(),@creatorIntranetUserID)

    OUTPUT INSERTED.courseID INTO @courseID 

    UPDATE CoursesTemp SET dmprocessed = 1, courseID = @courseID WHERE courseTempID = @courseTempID

END

The error I am getting is “Incorrect syntax near ‘INSERTED'”.

Can anyone help me work out how to use OUTPUT in this way please?

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  1. Editorial Team

    A few performance improvements applied. It is safer to use SCOPE_IDENTITY()

    DECLARE @courseTempID INT
DECLARE @courseID INT
DECLARE @academicYearID INT
DECLARE @courseCode VARCHAR(10)
DECLARE @uio_id INT
DECLARE @creatorIntranetUserID INT
DECLARE @id INT

WHILE EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM CoursesTemp WHERE dmprocessed = 0)
BEGIN
    SELECT TOP 1 @id = courseTempID 
        ,@academicYearID = academicYearID
        ,@courseCode = courseCode
        ,@uio_id = uio_id
        ,@creatorIntranetUserID = creatorIntranetUserID 
    FROM CoursesTemp WHERE dmprocessed = 0

    INSERT INTO dbo.Courses VALUES(3,@academicYearID,1,@courseCode,@uio_id,GETDATE(),@creatorIntranetUserID)
    UPDATE CoursesTemp SET dmprocessed = 1, courseID = SCOPE_IDENTITY() WHERE courseTempID = @courseTempID
END
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