Re: Copy row from table to table

On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 11:48:21AM -0600, Kall, Bruce A. wrote:

> What is the easiest way to copy a particular row from one table to
> another (assuming all the columns are exactly the same).  I want to
> maintain a table ('backup_table') that has rows I have (or will be)
> deleting from my 'original_table'. (Both tables have the same 68 columns).
>
> I've tried
>
> INSERT INTO backup_table SELECT * FROM original_table WHERE id='2305'

That should work if the table definitions are identical or compatible,
including column positions being the same.  Didn't it work?  If not,
what happened?

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Michael Fuhr
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