On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 4:19 PM, A. Kretschmer <
andreas.kretschmer@schollglas.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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