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from phpPgAdmin up vote 10 down vote favorite 1 Trying to execute a standard insert query, but it doesn't work. INSERT INTO users (vk_id, eu_name, eu_society, eu_notes, eu_want_team) VALUES ("123123133","Eu name","Eu society","Eu notes","true") The error I get is the following: ERROR: syntax error at or near "INTO" LINE 1: SELECT COUNT(*) AS total FROM (INSERT INTO users (vk_id, eu_... What is causing this error? sql postgresql phppgadmin org postgresql util psqlexception error syntax error at or near share|improve this question edited Oct 9 '15 at 12:06 Daniel Vérité 28.2k84978 asked Aug 21 '13 at 22:34 user2705406 2 The error message is showing you the error: SELECT COUNT(*) AS total FROM (INSERT ... –ypercubeᵀᴹ Aug 21 '13 at 22:36 2 Are all those double-quotes okay in postgresql? The documentation I'm looking at just shows single quotes. And does it need a terminating semicolon? –Hart CO Aug 21 '13 at 22:40 2 BTW: the strings inside the values need to be in single quotes: VALUES(123123133,'Eu name','Eu society','Eu notes',true) –wildplasser Aug 21 '13 at 22:40 2 Well, this could be a bug in phpPgAdmin, I see a report opened in May: Bugs item #3612602, was opened at 2013-05-03 –ypercubeᵀᴹ Aug 21 '13 at 23:06 1 possible duplicate of INSERT INTO PostgreSQL –a_horse_with_no_name Aug 24 '13 at 19:33 | show 6 more comments 2 Answers 2 active oldest votes up vote 20 down vote I've installed phpPgAdmin to try to reproduce your error. I got it right away when tried to create a test table: So looks like phpPgAdmin wraping your query into select count(*) as total from (...). I've found that i
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developers or posting ads with us Stack Overflow Questions Jobs Documentation Tags Users Badges Ask Question x Dismiss Join the phppgadmin Stack Overflow Community Stack Overflow is a community of 6.2 million programmers, just like you, helping each other. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up INSERT INTO PostgreSQL up vote 3 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18368831/postgres-sql-insert-query-syntax-error-from-phppgadmin down vote favorite I have got a little problem with SQL. I'm trying to insert 2 values into my table. that's my query: INSERT INTO tableinfo (table,date) VALUES ('Sell','24 August'); But it doesnt work. I've got something like that: SQL error: ERROR: syntax near "INTO" LINE 1: SELECT COUNT(*) AS total FROM (INSERT INTO tableinfo (table,... ^ In statement:: SELECT COUNT(*) AS total FROM (INSERT INTO tableinfo http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18420742/insert-into-postgresql (table,date) VALUES ('Sell','24 August')) AS sub It's pretty basic so I don't know why it doesnt work :( PostgreSQL 9.2.4 sql postgresql insert phppgadmin share|improve this question edited Aug 24 '13 at 18:06 Roman Pekar 49.1k975111 asked Aug 24 '13 at 16:37 Dominik 90129 What is the error message? –Jost Aug 24 '13 at 16:39 You cannot combine an insert and a SELECT like that. What are you trying to achieve? (And you might want to switch psql to english error messages so that everybody here can read them). –a_horse_with_no_name Aug 24 '13 at 16:39 1 are you using phpAdmin? –Roman Pekar Aug 24 '13 at 16:43 2 Btw: the value for count(*) will always be exactly 1 (one) because you are trying to insert a single row - so I don't understand what the count() is inteded for. –a_horse_with_no_name Aug 24 '13 at 16:44 add a comment| 4 Answers 4 active oldest votes up vote 4 down vote accepted It's not the INSERT that is the problem, it is the invalid SQL that you are trying to issue. Try your insert first then a separate count(*) query, or if
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log in tour help Tour Start here for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the workings and policies of this site About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Database Administrators Questions Tags Users Badges Unanswered Ask Question _ Database Administrators Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for database professionals who wish to improve their database skills and learn from others in the community. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top How to insert values into a table from a select query in PostgreSQL? up vote 66 down vote favorite 10 I have a table items (item_id serial, name varchar(10), item_group int) and a table items_ver (id serial, item_id int, name varchar(10), item_group int). Now I want to insert a row into items_ver from items. Is there any short SQL-syntax for doing this? I have tried with: INSERT INTO items_ver VALUES (SELECT * FROM items WHERE item_id = 2); but I get a syntax error: ERROR: syntax error at or near "select" LINE 1: INSERT INTO items_ver VALUES (SELECT * FROM items WHERE item... I now tried: INSERT INTO items_ver SELECT * FROM items WHERE item_id = 2; It worked better but I got an error: ERROR: column "item_group" is of type integer but expression is of type character varying LINE 1: INSERT INTO items_ver SELECT * FROM items WHERE item_id = 2; This may be because the columns are defined in a different order in the tables. Does the column order matter? I hoped that PostgreSQL match the column names. sql postgresql insert share|improve this question edited May 27 '11 at 8:48 asked May 27 '11 at 8:33 Jonas 6,797214055 This is a casting error (you can't insert int into varchar), is it working when specifing the columns and casting them where needed? –DrColossos May 27 '11 at 8:59 @DrColossos: The columns with the same name has the same type. But the columns are defined in a different order in the two tables. –Jonas May 27 '11 at 9:12 Ah, misread that. –DrColossos May 27 '11 at 9:20 How do you do this insert, i