RE: insert into... select... duplicate key
That is the effect that I am looking for, but exactly the method that I am trying to avoid. If I type the column names into my INSERT... SELECT and someone later adds a column to the table, I would have to go back into my program and update the statement. I am looking for a way to do it dynamically in order to avoid maintenance of the statement in my program later. Rob Danny Stolle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am hoping you meen this: You have to use the fields in your into -statement and select statement, not including the field having the auto-numbering so if e.g. field1 has autonumbering - insert into table1 (field2, field3) select (field2, field3) from table1; autonumbering will automatticaly be applied :-) Danny Schimmel LCpl Robert B (GCE 2nd Intel Bn Web Master) wrote: Here is the problem that I am having. I am trying to make a copy of a full record in a table that has a primary key with auto-increment. The real problem is that I want the statement to use SELECT * so that if columns ever get added to the table the statement will still work for the full record. I know that I can use the information_schema to do this in MySQL 5, but the server I am currently work with is MySQL 4. Basically, I am looking for a way to select all of the columns in a record except one, so that the auto-incrementing primary key will automatically insert itself. Of course, if anyone has any other suggestions for a work around, that would be good, too. Rob Schimmel 2d Intel bn USMC -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: insert into... select... duplicate key
I am using Cold Fusion and as I stated in my original message, if I were using MySQL 5, then I could use information_schema to retrieve the column names in the table and do it with variables in Cold Fusion. I do that on all my pages on the MySQL 5 servers with which I work. However, the server I am working with currently is MySQL 4 and I am unaware of any way to retrieve the column names from a table in MySQL 4. Rob Danny Stolle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well I haven't realy found a select method in which you can isolate a field. Like a complementary method, in which you select like one field, but shows the fields except the field which you have used in your select-statement. So you excually want to dynamically insert the records, not knowing how many fields you excually have; excluding the auto-numbering field. Wouldn't it be better to use PHP or another API in which you retrieve the fields and create an SQL statement using these variables and having the knowledge of creating the sql-statement? You could also try to automate an export and use the load datafile to import the information; but then again you have to rewrite the datafile. Best regards, Danny Schimmel LCpl Robert B (GCE 2nd Intel Bn Web Master) wrote: That is the effect that I am looking for, but exactly the method that I am trying to avoid. If I type the column names into my INSERT... SELECT and someone later adds a column to the table, I would have to go back into my program and update the statement. I am looking for a way to do it dynamically in order to avoid maintenance of the statement in my program later. Rob Danny Stolle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am hoping you meen this: You have to use the fields in your into -statement and select statement, not including the field having the auto-numbering so if e.g. field1 has autonumbering - insert into table1 (field2, field3) select (field2, field3) from table1; autonumbering will automatticaly be applied :-) Danny Schimmel LCpl Robert B (GCE 2nd Intel Bn Web Master) wrote: Here is the problem that I am having. I am trying to make a copy of a full record in a table that has a primary key with auto-increment. The real problem is that I want the statement to use SELECT * so that if columns ever get added to the table the statement will still work for the full record. I know that I can use the information_schema to do this in MySQL 5, but the server I am currently work with is MySQL 4. Basically, I am looking for a way to select all of the columns in a record except one, so that the auto-incrementing primary key will automatically insert itself. Of course, if anyone has any other suggestions for a work around, that would be good, too. Rob Schimmel 2d Intel bn USMC -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: insert into... select... duplicate key
Actually, both of your solutions worked. Thanks much for the input guys.
Rob
-Original Message-
From: Michael Stassen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 12:20 AM
To: Schimmel LCpl Robert B (GCE 2nd Intel Bn Web Master)
Cc: Danny Stolle; mysql@lists.mysql.com
Subject: Re: insert into... select... duplicate key
Relevant bits of the conversation so far, with my thoughts at the end:
Schimmel LCpl Robert B (GCE 2nd Intel Bn Web Master) wrote:
Here is the problem that I am having. I am trying to make a copy of a
full record in a table that has a primary key with auto-increment. The
real problem is that I want the statement to use SELECT * so that if
columns ever get added to the table the statement will still work for
the
full record. I know that I can use the information_schema to do this
in
MySQL 5, but the server I am currently work with is MySQL 4.
Basically, I
am looking for a way to select all of the columns in a record except
one,
so that the auto-incrementing primary key will automatically insert
itself. Of course, if anyone has any other suggestions for a work
around,
that would be good, too.
Danny Stolle wrote:
You have to use the fields in your into -statement and select
statement,
not including the field having the auto-numbering so if e.g. field1
has
autonumbering -
insert into table1 (field2, field3) select (field2, field3) from
table1;
autonumbering will automatically be applied :-)
Schimmel LCpl Robert B (GCE 2nd Intel Bn Web Master) wrote:
That is the effect that I am looking for, but exactly the method that
I
am trying to avoid. If I type the column names into my INSERT...
SELECT
and someone later adds a column to the table, I would have to go back
into my program and update the statement. I am looking for a way to do
it
dynamically in order to avoid maintenance of the statement in my
program
later.
Danny Stolle wrote:
So you actually want to dynamically insert the records, not knowing
how
many fields you actually have; excluding the auto-numbering field.
Wouldn't it be better to use PHP or another API in which you retrieve
the
fields and create an SQL statement using these variables and having
the
knowledge of creating the sql-statement?
Schimmel LCpl Robert B (GCE 2nd Intel Bn Web Master) wrote:
I am using Cold Fusion ... However, the server I am working with
currently is MySQL 4 and I am unaware of any way to retrieve the
column
names from a table in MySQL 4.
Danny Stolle wrote:
I am not familiar with Cold Fusion but: cant you use 'show columns
from
table' ?? and use the result object?
This normally works in e.g. C or PHP
That should work, but seems a lot of effort. Another option would be to
use
a temporary table to store the row(s) to be copied. Assuming the
auto_increment column is named id, it would look something like this:
# select the row(s) to be copied into a temp table
CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE dupe SELECT * FROM yourtable WHERE
{conditions};
# change the id column to allow NULLs
ALTER TABLE dupe CHANGE id id INT;
# change the id(s) to NULL
UPDATE dupe SET id=NULL;
# copy the rows back to the original table
INSERT INTO yourtable SELECT * FROM dupe;
# clean up
DROP TABLE dupe;
This works because inserting a row with a NULL in the auto_increment id
column works the same as leaving the column out.
Michael
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insert into... select... duplicate key
Here is the problem that I am having. I am trying to make a copy of a full record in a table that has a primary key with auto-increment. The real problem is that I want the statement to use SELECT * so that if columns ever get added to the table the statement will still work for the full record. I know that I can use the information_schema to do this in MySQL 5, but the server I am currently work with is MySQL 4. Basically, I am looking for a way to select all of the columns in a record except one, so that the auto-incrementing primary key will automatically insert itself. Of course, if anyone has any other suggestions for a work around, that would be good, too. Rob Schimmel 2d Intel bn USMC
