Is it possible to duplicate a record in a table into the same table with a changed field? I have a single user who now has authority over an additional database. I wanted to duplicate the records in myslq.db for this user, changing the Db field to the name of the additional database.
I searched the mailing list archives, and found a reference to this quote from the INSERT...SELECT manual page: The target table of the INSERT statement cannot appear in the FROM clause of the SELECT part of the query because it's forbidden in ANSI SQL to SELECT from the same table into which you are inserting. (The problem is that the SELECT possibly would find records that were inserted earlier during the same run. When using subselect clauses, the situation could easily be very confusing!) It seems to me that this absolutely forbids it. Is there a work around? another method? [I'm aware that I could have just typed the whole thing in an INSERT statement more quickly and with fewer keystrokes that typing this note, but I'm the curious type.] Thanks for your thoughts. -Kevin Zembower ----- E. Kevin Zembower Unix Administrator Johns Hopkins University/Center for Communications Programs 111 Market Place, Suite 310 Baltimore, MD 21202 410-659-6139 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
