From: Viorel Dragomir <bc@vio.ro>
To: swampler@noao.edu
To: Postgres-SQL <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Copying rows between tables?
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 18:30:47 +0200
Message-ID: <061a01c3d9f2$9a253ab0$6500a8c0@wylog.local> (raw)
References: <1074011028.18994.18.camel@weaver.tuc.noao.edu>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Wampler" <swampler@noao.edu>
To: "Postgres-SQL" <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 18:23
Subject: [SQL] Copying rows between tables?
>
> I know I can select from one table into a new table, but is
> there a way to select from one table into an existing table
> (aside from copying everything to a file, editing the file
> and then copying from that file)? Without destroying existing
> entries, of course...
INSERT INTO table1(row1, row2)
SELECT row1, row2 FROM archive_table;
>
> I have an application where old records are archived into
> 'archive' tables. Occasionally there is a need to copy
> some of these old records into the 'active' table.
>
> Thanks for any pointers!
> Steve
> --
> Steve Wampler -- swampler@noao.edu
> The gods that smiled on your birth are now laughing out loud.
>
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