On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 04:10:33PM -0500, Max Mouse wrote: > Hey all, > > Is it possible to copy the contents of one column to another column > using mySQL? I just changed my table structure by adding a few more > columns and I need to be able to move the data from the original > column to 4 new columns and then drop the orginial. I know that the > proper query for sql is that I added with ALTER and remove with > DROP. But I can't find anything that would allow me to move the data > from one column to another. Anything I can do?
Something like: UPDATE mytable SET col2 = col1, col3 = col1, col4 = col1, col5 = col1; perhaps? Jeremy -- Jeremy D. Zawodny, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Technical Yahoo - Yahoo Finance Desk: (408) 349-7878 Fax: (408) 349-5454 Cell: (408) 685-5936 MySQL 3.23.41-max: up 2 days, processed 105,996,493 queries (469/sec. avg) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
