> Hi All,
>
> If I type \h insert at psql it shows me,
>
> INSERT INTO class_name [(attr1, ...attrN)]
> VALUES (expr1,..exprN) |
> SELECT [DISTINCT [ON attrN]]
> expr1, ...exprN
> [FROM from_clause]
> [WHERE qual]
> [GROUP BY group_list]
> [HAVING having_clause]
> [ { UNION [ALL] | INTERSECT | EXCEPT } SELECT ...];
>
>
> But when I tried the following query it gave the parse error
>
>
> INSERT INTO EffortTable (EffortID)
> VALUES (ValueForEffortID) |
> SELECT MAX(EffortID) AS ValueForEffortID
> FROM EffortTable
> WHERE ProjectID=200;
>
The | means 'or' meaning INSERT INTO table VALUES or INSERT INTO
table SELECT.
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