Yes, you can only add data to a single table in a given INSERT query. UPDATE is a little different. MySQL, Oracle, and MSSQL all support a multi-table form of UPDATE. I don't know if it's part of the SQL standard or just an extra that they've all implemented. Jochem will know for sure.
cheers, barneyb On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 21:37:21 -0500, Roberto Perez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Thanks everyone for the tips on querying related tables with inner joins. > On that note, I'd like to check the following: when I use INSERT or UPDATE > statements in that scenario (related tables), I'd need to do it > individually for each table in the relation, right? > > So, using a previous example, if I have these 4 tables: > > Table 1: "Word" > Field: word PK (many-to-many) (one-to-many) > Field: pronunciation FK (one-to-many) > Field: URLName FK (one-to-many) > Field: meaning > > Table 2: "Type" > Field: word FK > Field: type PK (many-to-many) > > Table: "WordTypeLinking" > Field: word FK > Field: type FK > > Table 3: "Pronunciation" > Field: word FK (one-to-many) > Field: pronunciation PK (one-to-many) > > Table 4: "URL" > Field: word FK (one-to-many) > Field: URLName PK (one-to-many) > Field: URLLink > Field: URLDescription > > ....am I correct in assuming I'll have to use 4 different INSERT queries (I > understand you can specify only 1 table per query when using INSERT)? Or, > what would be a better way to enter that data? Any best practices/tricks > you could suggest? > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions/ideas/sample scripts you can provide :-) > > Regards, > > Roberto Perez > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Barney Boisvert [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.319.6145 http://www.barneyb.com/ Got Gmail? I have 50 invites. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:194891 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
