Re: insert related data into two tables

[Patrick JACQUOT <patrick(dot)jacquot(at)anpe(dot)fr>]

filippo2991(at)virgilio(dot)it wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have two tables like these:
>
> TABLE_1:  people registry
> fields: ID_T1, SURNAME, NAME
> ID_T1 is primary key
>
> TABLE_2: work groups
> fields: ID_T2, TASK
> ID_T2 is foreign key related to ID_T1
>
> the first table is the list of employees, the second the task.
>
> Sometime I need to insert a new employee and at the same time the task
> for him:
> I want to INSERT TO table 1 JOHN DOE (the ID is assigned automatically
> since it's a primary key) and INSERT TO table 2 the ID and the task
> name for JOHN DOE. Is it possible to create a single query? What is the
> best way to do this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Filippo
>
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maybe you could create a view for the join of the two tebles,
then make that view writable by creating the
appropriate triggers.
Then a single insert into the view would in fact create everything.