I have two independent tables: ‘Clients’ and ‘Country’.
Country Table:
x
IdCountry Country
1 SPAIN
2 PORTUGAL
Clients Table
IdClient Entity IdCountry
1 Adam Alves 2
2 Peter Smith 2
3 David Ramos 1
4 Rafael Castro 1
I would like to add a new client into ‘Clients’ table but using the information from ‘Country’ table like this:
INSERT INTO Clients(IdClient, Entity, Country)
SELECT max(IdClient) + 1, '--New--' FROM Clients,
SELECT IdCountry FROM Country WHERE Country = 'SPAIN'
I would like to have this INPUT:
IdClient Entity IdCountry
5 --New-- 1
But if I run this query, it doesn’t work. Could anybody help me, please?
COMMENTS: I prefer don’t use autoincrement option.
Thank you very much.
Wardiam
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Answer
You can do it like this:
INSERT INTO Clients(IdClient, Entity, Country)
SELECT
(SELECT MAX(IdClient) + 1 FROM Clients),
'--New--',
(SELECT IdCountry FROM Country WHERE Country = 'SPAIN')
See the demo.
Results:
| IdClient | Entity | Country |
| -------- | ------------- | ------- |
| 1 | Adam Alves | 2 |
| 2 | Peter Smith | 2 |
| 3 | David Ramos | 1 |
| 4 | Rafael Castro | 1 |
| 5 | --New-- | 1 |