Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.184]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76D752E00C9 for ; Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:25:44 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 54775-02 for ; Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:25:29 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: delayed 00:27:20.920015 by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from panda.hostingbay.net (panda.hostingbay.net [74.86.150.75]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BB0E2E0056 for ; Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:25:34 -0300 (ADT) Received: from cpe-121-223-230-214.static.vic.bigpond.net.au ([121.223.230.214] helo=[192.168.1.198]) by panda.hostingbay.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JcHXE-00074U-H5 for pgsql-sql@postgresql.org; Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:58:08 +1100 Message-Id: <94F93C0F-DA95-4435-B253-57C90961DF34@eclinic.com.au> From: Gavin 'Beau' Baumanis To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v919.2) Subject: Select into Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:57:53 +1100 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.919.2) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - panda.hostingbay.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - postgresql.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - eclinic.com.au X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200803/132 X-Sequence-Number: 30460 Hi Everyone, I have asked our DBA at work and h is not too sure either... so I thought it best to on the list. Basically, what I am after is a way to copy the contents of one record into another. Something like select into; but where the destination record already exists, as opposed to creating a new record. Thanks in advance for anything you might come up with. Warmest regards, Gavin Baumanis