[snip] [snip] INSERT INTO `table2` (`columnnames`) SELECT `columnnames` FROM `table1`
If this is valid SQL surely grave accents are not? [/snip] Actually? MySQL supports the use of grave accents around table and column names. I use them here for emphasis. In certain cases, with older versions of MySQL, I encourage our developers to always use them. Well, never mind then. I thought only apostrophes were valid. [/snip] You would use apostrophes around the data itself. Consider this... INSERT INTO `table2` (`columnA2`, `columnB2`) SELECT `columnA1`, `columnB1` FROM `table1` WHERE `columnA1` = 'this data' AND `columnB1` = 'that data' -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
