Question

I have a SQL Server 2008 database. The database has a stored procedure which receives two strings as parameters. One parameter is used to build a temp table which will usually only have 1 or 2 rows but theoretically could have more.

For each row in the temp table, I need to insert a row into a different table that consists of the other parameter and the contents of the temp table. Is there a way to do this without a cursor?

I’ve tried variations on the following:

Pseudo code:

procedure InsertLinks(@Key varchar(36), @LinkKey varchar(36)

tempLinks Table = getLinks(@LinkKey)

Insert into MyTable (Key, LinksTo) Values (@Key, Select LinksTo From tempLinks)

Answer 1

The VALUES clause is messed up – you have a single value comma a table. That’s not valid.

The following should work just fine:

INSERT INTO MyTable (Key, LinksTo) 
SELECT @Key, LinksTo 
FROM tempLinks