mysql insert with value, with selected data from another table - mysql

Question

I have a MySQL problem I can not get to solve. I have a mysql to manage a virtual user dovecot installation, that uses two tables (one for the aliases, another for the domains).
The table aliases has these fields: domain_id(INT), source(VARCHAR), destination(VARCHAR), whereas table domains has only two fields: id (INT AUTO INC) and name (VARCHAR).
Although I'm able to select aliases that belong to a given domain by issuing:
SELECT valias.* FROM aliases AS valias
JOIN domains AS vdomains ON valias.domain_id=vdomains.id
WHERE vdomains.name = "domain_name";
I can not get to work to insert a new alias, specifing the domain name. something like this:
INSERT INTO valias(domain_id, source, destination)
VALUES (id, 'canto', 'george')
SELECT id FROM aliases
JOIN domains AS vdomains ON aliases.domain_id=vdomains.id
WHERE vdomains.name = "domain_name";
Does somebody know how to solve this problem?

Answer 1

My experience is mainly in MS SQL Server, but I reckon it should go the same way in MySQL:
INSERT INTO valias(domain_id, source, destination)
SELECT id, 'canto', 'george' FROM vdomains
WHERE name = 'domain_name';

Answer 2

Either I'm missing something here or your query seems a bit to overingeenered. How about this:
INSERT INTO aliases(domain_id, source, destination)
VALUES (id, 'canto', 'george')
JOIN domains ON domains.id = aliases.domain_id
WHERE domains.name = 'domain name'

Answer 3

Try this,
INSERT INTO valias(domain_id, source, destination)
SELECT id,'canto', 'george'
FROM aliases
JOIN domains AS vdomains
ON aliases.domain_id=vdomains.id
WHERE vdomains.name = "domain_name";