Question

Im looking to add all products that dont have attribute_id = 12 into oc_product_attribute,

But getting a syntax error…

1064 – You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ’12) select ocp.product_id from oc_product ocp where ocp.product_id not in (SE’ at line 1

insert into `oc_product_attribute` (ocp.product_id, 12)  
select ocp.product_id from oc_product ocp where ocp.product_id not in (SELECT oca.`product_id`
FROM `oc_product_attribute` oca where oca.attribute_id = 12)

Am I missing something here, quite new to SQL.

Answer 1

Usually you have to enumerate columns in insert statements.

insert into `oc_product_attribute` (ocp.product_id, 12)  

must be

insert into `oc_product_attribute` (ocp.product_id, some_column_name)  

and I guess it may be attribute_id.

For more details, please see the reference manual -> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/insert-select.html