Re: foreach statment?

Abdul-wahid Paterson <aw@lintrix.net> writes:
> I would do something like this:

> select i.item_id from items i where (select count(item_id) from
> items_options where item_id=i.item_id) = 0;

> And then write a script that will go through the outputted list of
> item_id's and for each one do an insert statement like:

> insert into items_options values ($item_id, $n);

> Where $n is the number of my default option.

Use INSERT/SELECT:

insert into items_options
   select i.item_id, $n
   from items i where (select count(item_id) from
                       items_options where item_id=i.item_id) = 0;

BTW, I'd think about a NOT EXISTS instead of a COUNT test in the
WHERE ... should run faster ...

            regards, tom lane