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 Posted - 2002-04-16 : 10:04:58
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| Manish Garg writes "i want to insert a record to a different table depending on the variable passed as argument using case statement." |
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Page47
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Posted - 2002-04-16 : 11:17:42
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| Not possible (sort-of).An INSERT statement can only insert rows into one table or view. A case statement does evaluate a list of conditions and return one of multiple possible results expressions, however, it is not allowed as part of the table_name arguement.You need to either use IF...ELSE to test your variable for a certain condition and then use the flow control to execute the proper insert statement ... or ...(Here is the sort-of part). If you are on SQL 2k, you can create an an instead of trigger on a view or table to route the insert to the correct base tables. In SQL 7, and updatable view can modify more than one table involved in the view, as long as SQL Server can translate the update request unambiguously to update in the base tables referenced in the view definition. I've never done that in SQL 7 for an insert and I'm not sure its possible...<O>Edited by - Page47 on 04/16/2002 11:20:17 |
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Inserting using Case Statement