SQL Insert into query where part of the Select is a substring

Question

Morning All,

I'm trying to create an Insert Into Select query where part of the criteria is obtained from truncating the values in a column eg

INSERT INTO tbRoom ([Ref],[Type])

SELECT ([Ref],substring([Description], 1, charIndex(':',[Description] )-1)) FROM tbRoomUsage

WHERE tbRoomUsage.Ref = 1

How do I structure the query to do the substring query as part of the overall Insert Into query?

The

SELECT substring([Description], 1, charIndex(':',[Description] )-1) FROM tbRoomUsage 

works fine on its own in terms of selecting the truncated information I need.

Thanks

MG

Answer 1

Remove the additional and unnecessary brackets and you should be fine

INSERT INTO tbRoom ([Ref],[Type])
    SELECT [Ref], substring([Description], 1, charIndex(':',[Description] )-1) 
    FROM tbRoomUsage
    WHERE tbRoomUsage.Ref = 1