Sven,
Saturday, May 04, 2002, 4:52:00 PM, you wrote:
SB> The mySQL DB I have to rebuild was only one big table. Afer developing a
SB> new DB design for it, I ran into the problem of transfering the data
SB> from the old to the new database.
SB> I need to split up the records and insert them into the specific tables.
SB> My problem is that I can not figure out (as a total novice on mySQL) how
SB> to insert the data properly. Every time I try there's either a SQL error
SB> or the data is messed up and not ordered as it should be.
SB> I tried to use the following statement:
SB> insert into priv_details (hobbies, experi, quali, marital [.....])
SB> select me.hobbies, me.experi [..] from memberscopy me, priv_details pd
SB> where pd.id=me.id;
SB> What can i do?
First of all, read the manual:
http://www.mysql.com/doc/I/N/INSERT_SELECT.html
You can't use your table priv_details in the SELECT statement.
SB> Regards,
SB> Sven
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