Well, amazingly enough, it works great! I found a test box to try it on first before implementing this on the production box. This will definitely make life easier...
On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 10:14, gerald_clark wrote: > Did you try it? > Did it work? > > Greg Macek wrote: > > >Hello, > > > >I recently stumbled upon the INSERT INTO..SELECT abilities. Basically > >what I'm doing is archiving records into another table before deleting > >them (inventory information). However, I'd like to have the archive > >table to have one more field than the original table: a date_archived > >function. So, for example if the tables looked like this: (quite > >simplified) > > > >Original: > > > >carton_id > >item_id > >qty > >status > >date_recd > > > >Archive > > > >carton_id > >item_id > >qty > >status > >date_recd > >date_archived *(new field) > > > >Can I have the SQL query have a NOW() in there to insert today's date > >when running this ? > > > >"INSERT INTO archive > >(carton_id,item_id,qty,status,date_recd,date_archived) > >SELECT carton_id,item_id,qty,status,date_recd, NOW() FROM original" > > > >Would this work? I'd like to know upfront before basing my code around > >this or whether or not I'll have to track how many records are going > >into the new table and manually updating the field. Thanks. > > > >- Greg > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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
