Remove the quotes around the date (preferably use VALUES (#CreateODBCDate(form.date)#,#techs.id#,etc...)
Darryl -----Original Message----- From: Jake Munson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, 21 February 2002 8:53 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Foreign keys 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 > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get Your Own Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionb FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
