How do I insert multiple rows with a foreign key using a CTE in Postgres?

Question

I want to do a bulk insert transaction but I\'m not too sure how to do this using CTEs or a more efficient method. This is what I have so far:

with bulky as         


        

Answer 1

The following is a reasonable interpretation of what you want to do:

with i as (
      insert into products (title, description, price)
          values ('Dope product 1', 'Buy diz', 9.99),
                 ('Dope product 2', 'Buy diz', 8.99),
                 ('Dope product 3', 'Buy diz', 7.99)
          returning *
     ) 
insert into product_metadata (product_id, sales_volume, date)
    select i.product_id, v.sales_volume, v.date
    from (values ('Dope product 1', 80, '2017-03-21'),
                 ('Dope product 2', 50, '2017-03-21'), 
                 ('Dope product 3', 70, '2017-03-21')
         ) v(title, sales_volume, date) join
         i
         on i.title = v.title;

The basic answer is "use returning * and use a join to get the values". I needed to change the titles so they are unique.