Re: inserting data to mutliple mysql tables

This is a MySQL question, not a PHP question. Anyway, with MySQL you can't do this as a single operation. Do your inserts one after the other. You can use mysql_insert_id() after each one to get the value of an auto_increment field that was created, and feed that into your next SQL statement. miguel On Mon, 13 May 2002, Peter wrote: > I have a table that's full of references to indexs in other tables if I want > to insert a new record do I have to make a script to insert into all the > tables ie: > > insert script for table 1 > insert script for table 2 > insert script for table 3 > insert script for table 4 > > or can I have it all in one insert statement like you can with the SELECT > statement ie > > INSERT INTO table1, table2, table3, table4 (blah, blah1, blah2, blah3, > blah4, blah5) VALUES('$blah', '$blah1', '$blah2', > '$blah3', '$blah4', > '$blah5'); > > > and if i can do it that way how do i get the table referencing the indexes > to show the reference number rather than the actual inputted data ie: say > table1 is the reference table and table 2 is the table that matches up the > username with the real name where i want the actual full information to be > stored. > > eg table 1 > > id userid > 1 10 > > table 2 > > id username nameid > 10 boo 15 > > table 3 > > id name extra fields in here > 15 bob Smith > > now when i add a new record I want table one to be have the new userid added > to it table 2 to have the full user name matched to their nameid inserted > and table 3 to get the full name of the person... > > any ideas? > > Cheers > > Peter > "the only dumb question is the one that wasn't asked" > > > >