Question

I have 2 tables: publications and books.

Currently, the table publications is empty.

I need to select all the books in the ‘books’ table with volume “26” and insert it in the publications table. I should also populate the column publications.component with ‘thesorus’

I tried the sql below but it does not seem correct:

INSERT INTO publications (book_fk, component) VALUES (SELECT book_id FROM books WHERE volume = 26, "thesorus");

Any suggestion is most appreciated

Answer 1

The correct syntax is:

INSERT INTO publications (book_fk, component) SELECT book_id, 'thesorus' FROM books WHERE volume = 26