ColdFusion: How to insert a list with a static foreign key in one insert?

Question

I have a list like this thing1,thing2,thing3. And I want to insert them into a look-up table with the same foreign key. So ideally it would look like this:

Answer 1

I would add a counter and increment it inside the loop. Also you need to use listLen() rather than len on your list to get the number of items.

  INSERT INTO lkp_things (foreign_key, thing) VALUES
  
  
    (
     ,
     
    ),
   
  

You should use cfqueryparam on all your values. I've guessed on what type the column is.