I have a large number of rows that I would like to copy, but I need to change one field.
I can select the rows that I want to copy:
select * from Table where Event_ID = "120"
Now I want to copy all those rows and create new rows while setting the Event_ID
to 155
. How can I accomplish this?
As long as Event_ID is Integer, do this:
INSERT INTO Table (foo, bar, Event_ID)
SELECT foo, bar, (Event_ID + 155)
FROM Table
WHERE Event_ID = "120"
This is a solution where you have many fields in your table and don't want to get a finger cramp from typing all the fields, just type the ones needed :)
How to copy some rows into the same table, with some fields having different values:
Your code:
CREATE table temporary_table AS SELECT * FROM original_table WHERE Event_ID="155";
UPDATE temporary_table SET Event_ID="120";
UPDATE temporary_table SET ID=NULL
INSERT INTO original_table SELECT * FROM temporary_table;
DROP TABLE temporary_table
General scenario code:
CREATE table temporary_table AS SELECT * FROM original_table WHERE <conditions>;
UPDATE temporary_table SET <fieldx>=<valuex>, <fieldy>=<valuey>, ...;
UPDATE temporary_table SET <auto_inc_field>=NULL;
INSERT INTO original_table SELECT * FROM temporary_table;
DROP TABLE temporary_table
Simplified/condensed code:
CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE temporary_table AS SELECT * FROM original_table WHERE <conditions>;
UPDATE temporary_table SET <auto_inc_field>=NULL, <fieldx>=<valuex>, <fieldy>=<valuey>, ...;
INSERT INTO original_table SELECT * FROM temporary_table;
As creation of the temporary table uses the TEMPORARY
keyword it will be dropped automatically when the session finishes (as @ar34z suggested).
Hey how about to copy all fields, change one of them to the same value + something else.
INSERT INTO Table (foo, bar, Event_ID)
SELECT foo, bar, Event_ID+"155"
FROM Table
WHERE Event_ID = "120"
??????????
If you have loads of columns in your table and don't want to type out each one you can do it using a temporary table, like;
SELECT *
INTO #Temp
FROM Table WHERE Event_ID = "120"
GO
UPDATE #TEMP
SET Column = "Changed"
GO
INSERT INTO Table
SELECT *
FROM #Temp
Let's say your table has two other columns: foo and bar
INSERT INTO Table (foo, bar, Event_ID)
SELECT foo, bar, "155"
FROM Table
WHERE Event_ID = "120"
Source: Stackoverflow.com