Thanks for the reply.

I tried that, and I still got an error with this query:
"Syntax error in INSERT INTO statement. The error occurred
while processing an element with a general identifier of
(CFQUERY)..."

I know that this table exists in my ODBC source, and that
the column names match what I have in the query.

-Jake 

--- Steve Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If the ID's are integers, you don't want to put quotes
> around them.
> 
> <CFQUERY NAME="AddLogEntry" DATASOURCE="Software
> Updates">
>    INSERT INTO log (date, tech, software, comments)
>    VALUES ('#form.date#', #techs.id#, #software.id#,
> '#form.comments#')
> </CFQUERY>
> 
> ______________________
> steve oliver
> atnet solutions, inc.
> http://www.atnetsolutions.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jake Munson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 7:38 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Foreign keys
> 
> 
> Hi guys,
> 
> How can I insert the id field of a query into another
> table?  What I am wanting is to use the id from one table
> as a foreign key in another table.  To do this, I run a
> query on the two tables, and then I want to insert the
> primary keys (field named id) from these two tables as
> foreign keys in the second table.
> 
> Below is the code I have written that ins't working.
> 
> <cfquery datasource="Software Updates" name="techs">
>       SELECT          * 
>       FROM            techs
>       WHERE   tech='#form.tech#'
>  </cfquery>
>  <cfquery datasource="Software Updates" name="software">
>       SELECT          * 
>       FROM            software
>       WHERE   software='#form.software#'
>  </cfquery>
> <CFQUERY NAME="AddLogEntry" DATASOURCE="Software
> Updates">
>       INSERT INTO log (date, tech, software, comments)
>       VALUES ('#form.date#', '#techs.id#', '#software.id#',
> '#form.comments#')
> </CFQUERY>
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -Jake
> 
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