Hello Paul, Why don't you just use mysqldump to dump the data to a textfile, and then insert the data from the textfile into your new table?
----------------------- Alain Fontaine Consultant & Developer VAlain S.A. Tel: +32-4-2522950 ----------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Paul Reilly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 1:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: dumping between tables? Re: sql query Hi, I want to dump the contents of one table in to another table which has the same structure in MySQL, with just one column type changed from VARCHAR to TEXT. Whats the best way to do this? Paul --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
