Michael Brunson wrote: > > On Fri, 04 Jan 2002 00:58:19 +0200, "P.Agenbag" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > | Hi > | I have two tables, one contains a persons name and an ID number. The > | other table contains the ID number and another field. Is there a way of > | moving this collumn to the first table to corrlate with the ID's, ie, > | table 1 must now contains name, ID and another field that is specific to > | the person. The two tables are not chronological ie. the 1st entry in > | the one table is not nescessarily the first in the second table... > > CREATE TABLE t3 ( > ID ..., > pn ..., > af ... ); > INSERT INTO t3 (ID,pn,af)
Above lines can be replaced/shortened, I think, as CREATE TABLE t3 (followed by following lines) > SELECT t1.ID, t1.pn, t2.af > FROM t1 LEFT JOIN t2 USING ID; > ALTER TABLE t1 RENAME t1_old; > ALTER TABLE t3 RENAME t1; > > Thanks, > Michael > -- > Michael Brunson 504.473.6643 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 83163789 > --- Intercosmos Media Group, Inc. --- > www.intercosmos.com www.directnic.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
