Thanks, just what I needed :)
Alan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: "Alan T. Miller" <amiller@hollywood101.com>
Cc: <pgsql-novice@postgresql.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: [NOVICE] SELECT INTO but append not create new table - How?
> "Alan T. Miller" <amiller@hollywood101.com> writes:
> > I messed around with the 'INSERT INTO' SQL command, but this assumes
that
> > the table you are 'selecting into' does not exist and you want to create
> > that table. My problem is that the table exists and I just want to
append
> > the information to the archive table.
>
> I think you are looking for INSERT ... SELECT. See the INSERT man page
> or any book about SQL.
>
> regards, tom lane
>