Re: INSERT Question

Since I don't totally understand (newbie) I will show you an example of the form. <form> <select name="person1"> <option value="1">Joe Smith</option> etc. </select> <input type="radio" name="person1yn" value="Yes"> Y <input type="radio" name="person1yn" value="No"> N <select name="person2"> <option value="1">Joe Smith</option> etc. </select> <input type="radio" name="person2yn" value="Yes"> Y <input type="radio" name="person2yn" value="No"> N and so on... <input type="submit"> </form> On Saturday, March 29, 2003, at 05:25 PM, John W. Holmes wrote:

I was wondering what is the best way to insert multiple records into a table? Here is the scenario... I have a form which has 5 select menus as part of the data that gets entered. Most of the data goes into a table called tbl_reports. Each

of

these 5 menus contains the same list of people (from tbl_people). I have another table which I am calling tbl_report_people which I want

to

INSERT a record for each person that is selected for any new report (I hope this is making sense). So for example, a new report form is

filled

out and submitted. 3 of the people selects are used, so I need to add to the tbl_report_people table the record_id and person_id for each person selected.

The fastest way will be to create your INSERT dynamically and do them all at once. The format would be: INSERT INTO table (column1, column2) VALUES (value1,value2),(value11,value22),(value111,value222) If you're getting record_id and person_id from a form, you can just loop through them and create each (value,value) part and then add on the beginning. Without seeing your actual form, that'd be about the best advice I can give. ---John W. Holmes... PHP Architect - A monthly magazine for PHP Professionals. Get your copy today. http://www.phparch.com/