Re: Migrating Data Between PG Tables

banghe wrote:

> One sql statement can solve this:
>
> sql> isnert into table_b (id, name, summary) select id, name, desc
> from table_a;
>
> Banghe
>
> Mike Darretta wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have a suggestion on the best way to migrate data between
>> two slightly different tables? For example:
>>
>> Table A
>> --------
>> id : integer
>> name : string
>> desc : string
>>
>>
>> Table B
>> --------
>> id : integer
>> name : string
>> date : date
>> summary : string
>>
>> In this example, I would like to copy all the data from Table A into
>> B, using the desc column to populate the summary column.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mike
>>
>>
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>
Thanks. I figured it was simple...