Inserting values to table_a part from table_b and part from parameters?

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Greetings guys, ive stumbled upon a tricky problem here, i want to achieve this in under 1 command text, imaginee i have a table_a with some template data so i can fill table_b with said template data and 2 more column referencing the IDs as parameters, for example:

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SET @Last_ID=LAST_INSERTED_ID(); INSERT INTO table_a (col1, col2, col3) SELECT (col1,@Last_ID, col3) FROM table_b;

Is this sort of thing even achievable?
Please leave comment below if you guys need more clarifications.
Best Regards,
Eugen.

What I have tried:

I know i can do it by 2 separate commands, get all the data from table_b into program into some datatable and then inserting the data into table_a by spamming the insert clause per line example:

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SELET col1, col2 from table_b WHERE col3=@col3ParameterValue;
Insert into table_a (col1, col2, col3) Values (@col1_1, @col2_1, @col3_1), (@col1_2, @col2_2, @col3_2), (@col1_3, @col2_3, @col3_3), (@col1_4, @col2_4, @col3_4), (@col1_5, @col2_5, @col3_5), (@col1_6, @col2_6, @col3_6), (@col1_7, @col2_7, @col3_7), (@col1_8, @col2_8, @col3_8), (@col1_9, @col2_9, @col3_9)...

but this is unneficient and i do not want to resort to this method.

Posted 12-Jul-16 6:13am

Eugen_M

Updated 13-Jul-16 1:18am

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ZurdoDev 12-Jul-16 12:20pm

MySql syntax may be a little different, but Microsoft Sql would just be:

INSERT INTO ...
SELECT tbla.field1, tbla.field2, @someValue, @someOtherValue ...
FROM tbla...

Eugen_M 12-Jul-16 12:25pm

Sorry i had a error with the text of the question, i updated it now.

ZurdoDev 12-Jul-16 12:28pm

I don't see an error.

Eugen_M 12-Jul-16 12:31pm

So youre saying it would go like:

INSERT INTO table_a
SELECT table_b.col1, @Last_ID, table_b.col1,
FROM table_b WHERE table_b.col3=@some_Other_Parameter;

is this the correct sintax?

Thanks in advance

ZurdoDev 12-Jul-16 12:44pm

That should work. I would suggest that you specify your columns that you are insert into though. Again, this may not be exact syntax for MySql but in MSSql it works:

INSERT INTO table_a (col1, col2, col3)
SELECT table_b.col1, @Last_ID, table_b.col2
FROM table_b
WHERE table_b.col3=@some_Other_Parameter

Eugen_M 13-Jul-16 6:05am

Thank you very much! it worked like a charm, how do i accept your reply as answear?

Best Regards,
Eugen.

ZurdoDev 13-Jul-16 7:17am

I'll post a solution. Glad to hear it worked.

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ZurdoDev · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-13T01:18:00

As mentioned in the comments, I would suggest that you specify your columns that you are inserting into. This may not be exact syntax for MySql but in MSSql it works:

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INSERT INTO table_a (col1, col2, col3)
SELECT table_b.col1, @Last_ID, table_b.col2
FROM table_b
WHERE table_b.col3=@some_Other_Parameter