How to Use INSERT INTO to Insert Pointer Data Into Global Table

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Stan Davis asked Sep 07 2022 at 2:39 PM Stan Davis commented Sep 07 2022 at 6:27 PM

How to Use INSERT INTO to Insert Pointer Data Into Global Table

I am unable to insert a pointer to a rack object using INSERT INTO in a script.

I have assigned pointer data to the 'Rack' column...

In my script, I have a valid reference to a rack object. Here is a snippet...

Array myracks = ["Rack_D40_A"];
 
// cycle thru array of racks
for (int i = 1; i <= myracks.length; i++) {
 
    Storage.Object rack = Model.find(myracks[i]);

later in the script, I attempt to insert a pointer to the 'rack' object..

Table.query("INSERT INTO RackVolumeTable2 (Rack) VALUES ( " + rack + " )" );

but get these errors..

I've even tried hard coding the object...

Table.query("INSERT INTO RackVolumeTable2 (Rack) VALUES ( " + Model.find("Rack_D40_A") + ")" );

but get same errors.

If I assign the column as string data, I can successfully insert the name like this..

Table.query("INSERT INTO RackVolumeTable2 (Rack) VALUES (' " + rack.name + " ')");

However, I prefer to insert a pointer to the object itself. I believe part of the issue is that 'rack' is a Storage.object and not a node (?), but hard coding the object using Model.find should have worked. What am I missing?? - Stan

Software Version:

FlexSim 22.2.1

global table sql queries

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Answer 1 · 2022-09-07T17:03:13Z

Jason Lightfoot answered Sep 07 2022 at 5:03 PM Stan Davis commented Sep 07 2022 at 6:27 PM

Try:

Table.query("INSERT INTO RackVolumeTable2  SELECT Object FROM Objects() WHERE Object.name='"+rack.name+"'");

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Answer 2 · 2022-09-07T18:10:57Z

Jordan Johnson answered Sep 07 2022 at 6:10 PM Jason Lightfoot commented Sep 07 2022 at 6:14 PM

The correct syntax would probably be something like this:

Table.query("INSERT INTO RackVolumeTable2 (Rack) VALUES ($1)", Model.find("Rack_D40_A"))

However, in my testing, this query threw an exception. I wasn't able to find an alternative that worked. I'll add this issue to the dev list.

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