From: Jaime Casanova <systemguards@gmail.com>
To: Mark Fenbers <Mark.Fenbers@noaa.gov>
Cc: PostgreSQL - SQL <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: APPEND INTO?
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 10:32:02 -0500
Message-ID: <c2d9e70e0512010732h698b5667ueddb7338ab7a1fa1@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <438F074A.3040004@noaa.gov>
References: <438F074A.3040004@noaa.gov>
On 12/1/05, Mark Fenbers <Mark.Fenbers@noaa.gov> wrote:
> I want to SELECT INTO mytable WHERE (criteria are met), except that I
> want to APPEND into an existing table the rows that are selected,
> instead of creating a new table (which SELECT INTO will do). How can
> this be done?
>
> (Is this what the "FOR UPDATE OF tablename" clause is for?)
>
> Mark
>
INSERT INTO table SELECT ....
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regards,
Jaime Casanova
(DBA: DataBase Aniquilator ;)
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