From: | Gavin 'Beau' Baumanis <gavinb(at)eclinic(dot)com(dot)au> |
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To: | "Gurjeet Singh" <singh(dot)gurjeet(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org, "A(dot) Kretschmer" <andreas(dot)kretschmer(at)schollglas(dot)com> |
Subject: | Re: Select into |
Date: | 2008-03-20 11:09:49 |
Message-ID: | 786D2B38-CE0A-41BF-9E70-4DEB22F8D9EF@eclinic.com.au |
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HI Gurjeet,
You're right.
But what information do you need to know?
The copy is inside the same table, so I don't understand why it (the
required query ) would require any joins.
Ie. I want to copy the contents of a row (but for the id column - of
course) into a record in the same table.
I am happy enough to give you a table schema, if that's required...
but I just don't see why it would be needed - but of course am happy
to be told something new!
Thanks again.
Gavin Baumanis
On 20/03/2008, at 9:58 PM, Gurjeet Singh wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 4:19 PM, A. Kretschmer <andreas(dot)kretschmer(at)schollglas(dot)com
> > wrote:
> am Thu, dem 20.03.2008, um 20:57:53 +1100 mailte Gavin 'Beau'
> Baumanis folgendes:
> > 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.
>
> insert into <table> select from <table> where ...
>
>
> He specifically asked for
>
> <snip>
>
> where the destination record already
> exists, as opposed to creating a new record.
>
> </snip>
>
>
> I think an UPDATE with joins would be helpful. Though, it may
> become lengthy if the tables have too many columns.
>
> Can you post your exact requirement?
>
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