How to insert a value based on lookup from another table [SQL]?

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Published on 2010-04-21T16:20:22Z Indexed on 2010/04/21 16:23 UTC
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I need to find a way to do an INSERT INTO table A but one of the values is something that comes from a lookup on table B, allow me to illustrate.

I have the 2 following tables:

Table A: A1: String A2: Integer value coming from table B A3: More Data

Table B: B1: String B2: Integer Value

Example row of A: {"Value", 101, MoreData} Example row of B: {"English", 101}

Now, I know I need to INSERT the following into A {"Value2", "English", MoreData} but obviously that won't work because it is expecting an Integer in the second column not the word "English", so I need to do a lookup in Table B first.

Something like this: INSERT INTO tableA (A1, A2, A3) VALUES ("Value2", SELECT B2 FROM tableB where B1="English", MoreData);

Obviously this doesn't work as-is ... Any suggestions?

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