On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 19:11:37 -0800 "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 03/27/03 19:10, Bill Davidson wrote: > > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 17:45:33 -0800 > > "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> i've got an Oracle (9i, if that matters) problem. i need to > >> essentially copy all the data from a single column (call it a) in a > >> table into a different column (call it b) in the same table. both > >a> and b are the same datatype, and b is currently empty. i've tried > >the> following, but it fails: > >> insert into table_foo (b) values ((select a from table_foo)); > >> > >> i think the problem is that its attempting to insert all the rows > >from> a into a single row of b. i just don't know how to work around > >this. > anyone have any ideas or suggestions? thanks! > > > > How about: > > insert into table_foo (b) select a from table_foo; > > ORA-01400: cannot insert NULL I was just about to correct that post. INSERT creates a new row. It sounds like you need to UPDATE. I don't know how to to update multiple rows with different data. Sorry. Bill _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
