Why not rename your date field to something else instead of "date". Isn't that a reserved word?
Cody ::: -----Original Message----- ::: From: Jake Munson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] ::: Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 8:39 PM ::: To: CF-Talk ::: Subject: RE: Foreign keys ::: ::: ::: Nope, I tried your code with no luck, and I also tried ::: just removing the quotes (#form.date#, etc...) ::: ::: Any other suggestions? ::: ::: -Jake ::: --- Darryl Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ::: > 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 ::: > > ::: > > ::: > ::: > ::: > ::: ::: ___________________________________________________________ ::: ___________ ::: 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=coldfusiona ::: 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 ::: ______________________________________________________________________ Why Share? Dedicated Win 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=coldfusionc 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

