Re: duplicating table

From: Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone23(dot)bigpanda(dot)com>
To: "Johnson, Shaunn" <SJohnson6(at)bcbsm(dot)com>
Cc: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: duplicating table
Date: 2002-01-10 16:07:25
Message-ID: 20020110080606.H82370-100000@megazone23.bigpanda.com
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> I can alter the table to add the two
> new columns, but I wanted to know if
> I can copy the data from the old table
> into the new table and put the column
> data in the appropriate places
> (leaving column: address2 and mailcode empty)?
>
> I have been trying something like:
>
> [example]
>
> insert into t2_ref_pcg_address
> select name,riskgrp,address,,city,state,zi p,pcgname from t_ref_pcg_address;

It'd probably work if you used NULL or '' where address2 belongs (the two
commas next to each other is probably your problem there).

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