Subject How do I test for a value before an INSERT?
Author Derek Basch
Hi,
Im new to SQL and I have created several tables and
would like to be able to INSERT to several of them at
the same time. I cant seem to find any
examples/techniques for breaking apart records and
inserting into multiple tables.

For example:
---t_emp_info---
pk_emp_id
fk_job
fname
lname

---t_job_title---
pk_job
job_title

Now, what if I want to add a new employee and a job
title? I will obviously need 2 INSERT's, right? I
would like to insert the emp_info and then the
job_title ONLY if the title doesnt already exist in
the t_job_title table. Can I do this?
Thanks,
Derek Basch




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