how to insert into references

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hi everyone ...
guys i don't know why i couldn't find this answer in the google for me it seems so common!!!
my question is when you have two table one is [tblemployee] and second is [tbldeparment]
in[tblemployee] we have

ID   Name   Depid *depid is reference of tbldepart*
 1   john    2
 2   sam     1

in [tbldepart] we have

ID   Depname
 1     IT
 2    cctv

so when i make c# application the user wouldn't know is(1 is for IT and 2 isfor cctv)

C#

sqlcommand cmd=new sqlcommand ("insert into tblemployee (name,depid)values (@name,@depid)");

it will be so appreciated any type of answer ,,
and i apologies if my question is not be clear

Posted 15-Apr-15 8:16am

jame01

Updated 15-Apr-15 11:19am

Nelek

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Joan Magnet 15-Apr-15 14:37pm

can you redefine the question? it's not really clear.

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Solution 2

thank you for your answers,,,
okay let me try make it more clear if i could ,,,
when i try to to insert row to tblemployee i should insert values like this

SQL

insert into tblemployee (name,depid) values ('john',2)

but i want insert value like this

SQL

insert into tblemployee (name,depid) values ('john','cctv')

because i won't know that 2 is for cctv every time ....
thanks a lot

Posted 15-Apr-15 10:58am

jame01

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Sascha Lefèvre 15-Apr-15 18:43pm

This is not a solution. And the author of the actual solution didn't get a notification about it. Please
- add this to your original question
- use the "Have a Question or Comment?"-button below solution 1 to leave him a comment
- delete this not-solution

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-15T08:41:00

Solution 1

Well, you could try:

SQL

INSERT INTO tblEmployee (EmpName, DepId) VALUES (@NAME, (SELECT ID FROM tblDepart a WHERE a.DepName = @DEPID))

Posted 15-Apr-15 8:41am

OriginalGriff