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[SQL] Select in an Insert Statement

I turned up something in a search I wanted to confirm - that I can't do the following:<BR><BR>INSERT INTO table_a<BR>(col_b, <BR> col_c)<BR>VALUES<BR>('blah',<BR>SELECT id FROM table_b WHERE name IS ...
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[SQL] Handle SELECT INTO #TempTable In IF/ELSE Statement

Well, if you happen to be using Sql Server you can do that sort of thing in T-Sql. In Oracle, you can also accomplish the same thing using pl/sql. Either way i'd do it in a stored ...