DAL doesn't allow you to do that. Either you code it with bulk_insert or with a loop of db.table.insert ot with executesql.
On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 2:27:27 PM UTC+1, Dragan Matic wrote: > > Sorry but I have read there and all I can see is simple insert and > bulk_insert, neither of them are insert..select. > > On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 1:48:10 PM UTC+1, Paolo Valleri wrote: >> >> of course you can, I suggest to read here >> http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/06/the-database-abstraction-layer#insert >> >> On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 1:39:34 PM UTC+1, Dragan Matic wrote: >>> >>> Is there a way to do insert.. select with DAL? I would like to do >>> something like this: >>> >>> insert into table1 (col1, col2, col3, col4) >>> select col5, col6, 'val1', 'val2' from table2 where col5 = 'val3' >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Dragan >>> >> -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

