INSERT INTO with SubQuery MySQL

Question

I have this Statement:

INSERT INTO qa_costpriceslog (item_code, invoice_code, item_costprice)
    VALUES (1, 2, (SELECT item_costprice FROM qa_items WHERE it         


        

Answer 1

I was disappointed at the "all or nothing" answers. I needed (again) to INSERT some data and SELECT an id from an existing table.

INSERT INTO table1 (id_table2, name) VALUES ((SELECT id FROM table2 LIMIT 1), 'Example');

The sub-select on an INSERT query should use parenthesis in addition to the comma as deliminators.

For those having trouble with using a SELECT within an INSERT I recommend testing your SELECT independently first and ensuring that the correct number of columns match for both queries.