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  1. INSERT question

    Saranya Sivakumar <sarlavk@yahoo.com> — 2004-12-13T16:28:39Z

    Hi All,
 
I have a question regarding multiple inserts.
The following function inserts for each country found in country table, values into merchant_buyer_country.
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        CSQLStatement st( sql );
        CSQLStatement st1( sql );
        SQLINTEGER rows;
        long num_codes = 0;
        rows = st.Select( "SELECT * FROM merchant_buyer_country where merchant_id = %lu ",merchant_id );
        if  ( rows )
                return 0;
    char code[4];
        rows = st.Select( "SELECT code FROM country WHERE send IS NOT NULL OR receive IS NOT NULL" );
    SQLBindCol( st.hstmt, 1, SQL_C_CHAR, code, sizeof(code), 0 );
   long i;
   for (i = 0; i < rows; i++ )
   {
          st.Fetch();
          st1.Command("INSERT INTO merchant_buyer_country (merchant_id,country,enabled,group_id)  VALUES(%lu ,'%s', true, %lu )", merchant_id,
 code,group_id);
   }
        st.CloseCursor();
    st1.CloseCursor();
        return 1;
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

On looking at the log file, I saw separate inserts being performed, and each insert takes about 1 second. 
 
insert into merchant_buyer_country (merchant_id,country,enabled,group_id) values(1203,'IN','true',1);
insert into merchant_buyer_country merchant_id,country,enabled,group_id)  values(1203,'US','true',1);
insert into merchant_buyer_country merchant_id,country,enabled,group_id) values (1203,'AR','true',1);
insert into merchant_buyer_country (merchant_id,country,enabled,group_id) values(1203,'AZ','true',1);
insert into merchant_buyer_country merchant_id,country,enabled,group_id) values (1203,'BG','true',1);
insert into merchant_buyer_country merchant_id,country,enabled,group_id) values(1203,'SP','true',1);
.....
 





There are more than 100 countries and this takes a lot of time for the inserts to complete. 
Is there a way to write the INSERT as follows?
 
INSERT into merchant_buyer_country (merchant_id,country,enabled,group_id)  values (1203, 
(SELECT code FROM country WHERE send IS NOT NULL OR receive IS NOT NULL), 'true',1);
 
I tried this, but I get the following problem:
ERROR:  More than one tuple returned by a subselect used as an expression.
 
I know there is a way to this, but I am not sure where I am going wrong. Can someone please help me figure this out.
 
Thanks,
Saranya
 

		
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  2. Re: INSERT question

    Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> — 2004-12-13T16:48:14Z

    sarlav kumar <sarlavk@yahoo.com> writes:
> Is there a way to write the INSERT as follows?
 
> INSERT into merchant_buyer_country (merchant_id,country,enabled,group_id)  values (1203, 
> (SELECT code FROM country WHERE send IS NOT NULL OR receive IS NOT NULL), 'true',1);
 
> I tried this, but I get the following problem:
> ERROR:  More than one tuple returned by a subselect used as an expression.

INSERT into merchant_buyer_country (merchant_id,country,enabled,group_id) 
  SELECT 1203, code, 'true', 1 FROM country
  WHERE send IS NOT NULL OR receive IS NOT NULL;

			regards, tom lane

  3. Re: INSERT question

    Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to> — 2004-12-13T16:49:52Z

    On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 08:28:39 -0800,
  sarlav kumar <sarlavk@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Is there a way to write the INSERT as follows?
>  
> INSERT into merchant_buyer_country (merchant_id,country,enabled,group_id)  values (1203, 
> (SELECT code FROM country WHERE send IS NOT NULL OR receive IS NOT NULL), 'true',1);
>  

You have to use a SELECT instead of the VAlues clause. Something like the
following should work:
INSERT INTO merchant_buyer_country (merchant_id, country, enabled, group_id)
  SELECT 1203, code, TRUE, 1 FROM country
    WHERE send IS NOT NULL OR receive IS NOT NULL
;

  4. Re: INSERT question

    Saranya Sivakumar <sarlavk@yahoo.com> — 2004-12-13T18:31:13Z

    Thanks!! that worked!:)

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:sarlav kumar writes:
> Is there a way to write the INSERT as follows?

> INSERT into merchant_buyer_country (merchant_id,country,enabled,group_id) values (1203, 
> (SELECT code FROM country WHERE send IS NOT NULL OR receive IS NOT NULL), 'true',1);

> I tried this, but I get the following problem:
> ERROR: More than one tuple returned by a subselect used as an expression.

INSERT into merchant_buyer_country (merchant_id,country,enabled,group_id) 
SELECT 1203, code, 'true', 1 FROM country
WHERE send IS NOT NULL OR receive IS NOT NULL;

regards, tom lane


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  5. Re: INSERT question

    Saranya Sivakumar <sarlavk@yahoo.com> — 2004-12-13T18:33:08Z

    Thanks guys!! that worked!:)

Michael Adler <adler@pobox.com> wrote: 
On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 08:28:39AM -0800, sarlav kumar wrote:
> INSERT into merchant_buyer_country (merchant_id,country,enabled,group_id) values (1203, 
> (SELECT code FROM country WHERE send IS NOT NULL OR receive IS NOT NULL), 'true',1);
> 
> I tried this, but I get the following problem:
> ERROR: More than one tuple returned by a subselect used as an expression.

INSERT into merchant_buyer_country (merchant_id,country,enabled,group_id) 
SELECT 1203, code FROM country WHERE send IS NOT NULL OR receive IS NOT NULL;

-Mike Adler

Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to> wrote:
On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 08:28:39 -0800,
sarlav kumar wrote:
> 
> Is there a way to write the INSERT as follows?
> 
> INSERT into merchant_buyer_country (merchant_id,country,enabled,group_id) values (1203, 
> (SELECT code FROM country WHERE send IS NOT NULL OR receive IS NOT NULL), 'true',1);
> 

You have to use a SELECT instead of the VAlues clause. Something like the
following should work:
INSERT INTO merchant_buyer_country (merchant_id, country, enabled, group_id)
SELECT 1203, code, TRUE, 1 FROM country
WHERE send IS NOT NULL OR receive IS NOT NULL
;

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  6. Re: [PERFORM] INSERT question

    george young <gry@ll.mit.edu> — 2004-12-29T18:58:58Z

    On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 08:28:39 -0800 (PST)
sarlav kumar <sarlavk@yahoo.com> threw this fish to the penguins:

> Hi All,
>  
> I have a question regarding multiple inserts.
> The following function inserts for each country found in country table, values into merchant_buyer_country.
>  
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>         CSQLStatement st( sql );
>         CSQLStatement st1( sql );
>         SQLINTEGER rows;
>         long num_codes = 0;
>         rows = st.Select( "SELECT * FROM merchant_buyer_country where merchant_id = %lu ",merchant_id );
>         if  ( rows )
>                 return 0;
>     char code[4];
>         rows = st.Select( "SELECT code FROM country WHERE send IS NOT NULL OR receive IS NOT NULL" );
>     SQLBindCol( st.hstmt, 1, SQL_C_CHAR, code, sizeof(code), 0 );
>    long i;
>    for (i = 0; i < rows; i++ )
>    {
>           st.Fetch();
>           st1.Command("INSERT INTO merchant_buyer_country (merchant_id,country,enabled,group_id)  VALUES(%lu ,'%s', true, %lu )", merchant_id,
>  code,group_id);
>    }
>         st.CloseCursor();
>     st1.CloseCursor();
>         return 1;
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> On looking at the log file, I saw separate inserts being performed, and each insert takes about 1 second. 
>  
> insert into merchant_buyer_country (merchant_id,country,enabled,group_id) values(1203,'IN','true',1);
> insert into merchant_buyer_country merchant_id,country,enabled,group_id)  values(1203,'US','true',1);
> insert into merchant_buyer_country merchant_id,country,enabled,group_id) values (1203,'AR','true',1);
> insert into merchant_buyer_country (merchant_id,country,enabled,group_id) values(1203,'AZ','true',1);
> insert into merchant_buyer_country merchant_id,country,enabled,group_id) values (1203,'BG','true',1);
> insert into merchant_buyer_country merchant_id,country,enabled,group_id) values(1203,'SP','true',1);
> .....
>  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> There are more than 100 countries and this takes a lot of time for the inserts to complete. 
> Is there a way to write the INSERT as follows?
>  
> INSERT into merchant_buyer_country (merchant_id,country,enabled,group_id)  values (1203, 
> (SELECT code FROM country WHERE send IS NOT NULL OR receive IS NOT NULL), 'true',1);
>  
> I tried this, but I get the following problem:
> ERROR:  More than one tuple returned by a subselect used as an expression.
>  
> I know there is a way to this, but I am not sure where I am going wrong. Can someone please help me figure this out.

Try:

insert into merchant_buyer_country select 1203,code,true,1 from country where send is not null or receive is not null;

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