Re: Copying rows between tables?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Wampler" <swampler(at)noao(dot)edu>
To: "Postgres-SQL" <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)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
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