Is there a way to do another query within the insert query? - sql

Question

Ok so this is the query I have...I just added the ACCOUNTID and the #accountID portion which is obviosly not working
INSERT INTO Leads (
LEADID,
CREATEUSER,
CREATEDATE,
FIRSTNAME,
MODIFYDATE,
ACCOUNTID
)
SELECT
'Q' + cast(floor(999997 * RAND(convert(varbinary, newid()))) as varchar(20))
,'U6UJ9000S'
,CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
,'U6UJ9000S'
,name
,#accountID
FROM Temp
What I am trying to do is do an insert into the account table first and get that id and add the insert id to this insert into the leads table. Is that even possible
SO basically for each record in the Temp table i need to insert a record in the account table with no values just need the account_id so when i insert in the leads table i have the account id to make that insert

Answer 1

Setup:
USE TempDB;
GO
CREATE TABLE dbo.Leads
(
LeadID VARCHAR(64),
CreateUser VARCHAR(32),
CreateDate DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
FirstName VARCHAR(32),
AccountID INT
);
CREATE TABLE dbo.Accounts
(
AccountID INT IDENTITY(1,1),
name VARCHAR(32) /* , ... other columns ... */
);
CREATE TABLE dbo.Temp(name VARCHAR(32));
INSERT dbo.Temp SELECT 'foo'
UNION SELECT 'bar';
Query:
INSERT dbo.Accounts
(
name
)
OUTPUT
'Q' + cast(floor(999997 * RAND(convert(varbinary, newid()))) as varchar(20)),
'U6UJ9000S',
CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
inserted.name,
inserted.AccountID
INTO dbo.Leads
SELECT name
FROM dbo.Temp;
Check:
SELECT * FROM dbo.Accounts;
SELECT * FROM dbo.Leads;
Cleanup:
USE tempdb;
GO
DROP TABLE dbo.Temp, dbo.Accounts, dbo.Leads;

Answer 2

The problem you will probably end up hitting in practice with Aaron's use of composable DML is that chances are in reality you will have an FK defined to constrain Leads(AccountId) to a valid value in which case you will hit the error.
The target table 'dbo.Leads' of the OUTPUT INTO clause cannot be on
either side of a (primary key, foreign key) relationship. Found
reference constraint 'FK_foo'.
To avoid this issue you can use
INSERT INTO dbo.Leads
EXEC('
INSERT INTO dbo.Accounts
OUTPUT
''Q'' + cast(floor(999997 * RAND(convert(varbinary, newid()))) as varchar(20)),
''U6UJ9000S'',
CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
inserted.name,
inserted.AccountID
SELECT name
FROM dbo.Temp;
')

Answer 3

It is not working because you are inserting 6 values but you are specifying only 5 columns:
These are 5 columns:
LEADID,
CREATEUSER,
CREATEDATE,
FIRSTNAME,
ACCOUNTID
Ant these are 6 values:
'Q' + cast(floor(999997 * RAND(convert(varbinary, newid()))) as varchar(20))
,'U6UJ9000S'
,CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
,'U6UJ9000S'
,name
,#accountID
I don't know where you get the #accountID from, but I imagine you define it somewhere else above.
You can get #accountID as follows, after you do the insert to the Account table:
select #accountID=scope_identity()
And then execute the insert into the Leads table.
UPDATE: EXAMPLE:
declare #accountID int
INSERT INTO Account (col1,col2,col...)
values ('foo','bar','baz')
select #accountID=SCOPE_IDENTITY()
INSERT INTO Leads (
LEADID,
CREATEUSER,
CREATEDATE,
FIRSTNAME,
ACCOUNTID
)
values
(
'Q' + cast(floor(999997 * RAND(convert(varbinary, newid()))) as varchar(20)) --leadid
,'U6UJ9000S' --createuser
,CURRENT_TIMESTAMP --createdate
,t.name --firstname
,#accountID --accountID
)

Answer 4

set a variable to Scope_identity() (which returns the last id that was created) and use that

Answer 5

With SQL Server 2005 or higher you can use the OUTPUT clause.
CREATE TABLE #Inserted (AccountID, AccountName)
INSERT Account (AccountName)
OUTPUT Inserted.AccountID, Inserted.AccountName
INTO #Inserted
SELECT AccountName
FROM Temp
INSERT Leads (
LEADID,
CREATEUSER,
CREATEDATE,
FIRSTNAME,
ACCOUNTID
)
SELECT
'Q' + cast(floor(999997 * RAND(convert(varbinary, newid()))) as varchar(20))
,'U6UJ9000S'
,CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
,t.name
,i.AccountID
FROM Temp AS t
JOIN #Inserted AS i ON t.AccountName= i.AccountName

Answer 6

You can declare an variable, set it to the desired id and the use the variable in the insert.