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Insert into using a where clause

Hi
Does anyone know whether this is possible.

I want to insert 2 values into a table, only if 1 of the values match the value in a table column

i.e
@Number VarChar(100),
@Code VarChar(400)
AS
insert into mytable
(NumberValue, CodeValue)
Values(@Number,
@Code)
Where NumberValue <> @Number and CodeValue = @Code

The above will not work and I do not know how to produce the code that will.

Any help would be appreciated.
Caz

Duane Lawrence

Try putting an if on it.

declare @Number int, @Code int
select NumberValue, CodeValue from mytable where NumberValue <> @Number and CodeValue = @Code

if @@rowcount > 0
begin

insert into mytable (NumberValue, CodeValue)
Values(@Number,@Code)

end

Cheers

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imrancs

OR

INSERT INTO Mytable (NumberValue, CodeValue)
SELECT @Number, @Code
WHERE NOT EXISTS(SELECT * FROM MyTable NumberValue <> @Number and CodeValue = @Code)

Imran

imrancs

My suggestion is little modified version of one suggested by BulZeyE above.

Imran

sigmacon

Both BulZeyE and imrancs version will allow to insert rows that based on your initial statement you did not want to have inserted. If you don't care about duplicate rows in your table, you can ignore the rest of this post.

Lets say you have this in your table:

NumberValue CodeValue
1 'bla'
1 'doh'
2 'bla'
2 'doh'

If you now try to insert a row with @number = 1 and @code = 'bla', it will insert, because there is a row that fullfills

NumberValue <> @number and CodeValue = @code

It's the row with NumberValue = 2 and CodeValue = 'bla'

For that reason, you need two checks: One for whether the CodeValue already exists in the table and one for making sure that a row with a given number for the code does not yet exist.

BeginningWebDesign

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Thanks Everyone

Code works in Query but when tested on site does not work, I'm working on the problem

Caz