Chuck Barnett wrote: > > How do I copy the data from one table to another table with a time stamp > every night? > > example: table A contains x,y,z. > > at midnight, I want to copy table A's contents to table B (B has same > fields, just adds a date field) and reset x,y,z to zero. > what do you mean by "reset to zero" If you want to copy the files from A to B you can just do insert into B select x,y,z,now() from A; delete form a; if your date field in B is a TIMESTAMP type you can avoid the now() part and do inesrt into B (x,y,z) select x,y,z from A; delete from a; See the manual about the insert statement for more info. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
