IF EXISTS statement in my perl program

I am having trouble finishing my query.

This is what I have:

IF EXISTS(Select ApplicationID from Application Where Application = '&_')
Insert Into PCApp(ApplicationID, SystemNetName)
Values( , $HoH->{Host}{SystemNetName})

I am not sure what to put in the blank within the Values parenthesis. I need to obtain the ApplicationID that is checked in the IF EXISTS section. But I cannot put a select statement into the Values() section.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,
LauraUse a SELECT statement instead of the VALUES clause.

-PatP|||And using a select statement will still insert the values into the table?|||In an INSERT statement, you can use the VALUES clause for a list of constants, or a SELECT clause for a list of expressions. The SELECT can include multiple rows and/or contain UNION operators to create multiple row inserts using just one INSERT statement. The SELECT buys you the ability to use expressions (including function calls), generate multiple rows, etc.

-PatP|||Ok I think I got it. Off the subject, can the IF...ELSE Contain an embedded IF...ELSE? Is it ok to have two inserts with the if section?

For example,

IF NOT EXISTS (Select ApplicationID from Application Where (Application = '$_' ))
INSERT INTO Application(Application)
Values('$_')

INSERT INTO PCApp(ApplicationID, SystemNetName)
SELECT Application.ApplicationID, Host.SystemNetName
FROM Application CROSS JOIN Host
WHERE (Application.Application = '$_' AND Host.SystemNetName = '$HoH->{Host}{SystemNetName}')

ELSE
INSERT INTO PCApp(ApplicationID, SystemNetName)
SELECT Application.ApplicationID, Host.SystemNetName
FROM Application CROSS JOIN Host
WHERE (Application.Application = '$_' AND Host.SystemNetName = '$HoH->{Host}{SystemNetName}')";

Thanks for your help.
-Laura|||I think what you meant was:IF NOT EXISTS (Select ApplicationID
FROM Application Where (Application = '$_' ))
BEGIN
INSERT INTO Application(Application)
Values('$_')

INSERT INTO PCApp(ApplicationID, SystemNetName)
SELECT Application.ApplicationID, Host.SystemNetName
FROM Application CROSS JOIN Host
WHERE (Application.Application = '$_'
AND Host.SystemNetName = '$HoH->{Host}{SystemNetName}')
END
ELSE
INSERT INTO PCApp(ApplicationID, SystemNetName)
SELECT Application.ApplicationID, Host.SystemNetName
FROM Application CROSS JOIN Host
WHERE (Application.Application = '$_'
AND Host.SystemNetName = '$HoH->{Host}{SystemNetName}')";Note the addition of the BEGIN...END (in red) to your code.

-PatP|||CROSS JOIN?

And what's with the double quote on the end?|||Ok, so the cross join isn't the way that I'd approach it, but it would work... Kind of like the way you had to construct joins using the pre-SQL-89 syntax. Ugly, but adequate to the job!

The double quote hanging off of the end is actually because Laura is taking this SQL out of the middle of her Perl code. It isn't really part of the SQL syntax at all.

-PatP|||Really...OK

Laura...start writting stored procedures and execute them instead....

Never did learn Pearl...though we did use it for an Oracle project once...

I gotta find a Rexx interpreter for Windoze....|||Originally, I used a left join but when I tested my query in sql server's enterprise manager it automatically changed it to cross join.

The begin and end worked. Thanks for the help.

-Laura|||I gotta find a Rexx interpreter for Windoze....I've never tried it, but I've heard that Reginald (http://www.borg.com/~jglatt/rexx/win32/rxusrw32.htm) isn't too bad.

-PatP|||Yeah, I am pretty new at SQL Server. Just started learning it last month because I am going to be the database administrator. So, I have not begun using stored procedures yet, but I will.

Thanks,
Laura|||Hold the phone...Enterprise Manager?

Do you mean Query Analyzer?

And Pat....RxSocks....Not that I'll find a practical application for it...(Well maybe I could replace DTS), but I bet I can get it to talk to SQL Server...

Very cool

Thanks|||Enterprise Manager -> Opened the table view to see the records that were stored -> on the top toolbar there is an sql button that I tested my statements. It probably isn't the best way, but I wanted to have quick access to my table design and query results.

I am aware of Query Analyzer but I have not used it much.

-Laurasql