INSERT with SELECT

Question

I have a query that inserts using a select:

INSERT INTO courses (name, location, gid) 
            SELECT name, location, gid 
              FROM courses 
           


        

Answer 1

Yes, it is. You can write :

INSERT INTO courses (name, location, gid) 
SELECT name, location, 'whatever you want' 
FROM courses 
WHERE cid = $ci

or you can get values from another join of the select ...