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From: "Viorel Dragomir" <bc@vio.ro>
To: <swampler@noao.edu>, "Postgres-SQL" <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
References: <1074011028.18994.18.camel@weaver.tuc.noao.edu>
Subject: Re: Copying rows between tables?
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 18:30:47 +0200
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----- 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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> TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your
>       joining column's datatypes do not match