The db that you open your initial connection to is called main by default. I haven't had the occasion to use a temp or memory db so I can't comment.
The attach statement works as normal SQL. attach 'path to your db' as 'some_alias_name' like attach 'c:\temp dir\db2.db' as 'db2' Suppose both files have a table named 'some_table'. select * from db2.some_table ; /*refers to the attached db*/ select * from main.some_table ; /*refers to the db you first made a connection with.*/ I find the command line tool wonderful for testing out syntax. Happy Computing Adam On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Scott Frankel <fran...@circlesfx.com> wrote: > > On Jun 8, 2010, at 12:07 PM, Adam DeVita wrote: > > > start by doing an open db1 (as main) > > then attach path to db2 as 'db2' > > > > insert into main.table_one_name select * from db2.table_one_name ; > > > > This selects all records from db2 and puts them into db1 in one > > statement. > > I've been reading about the ATTACH DATABASE cmd, but was confused by > the documentation's warnings about main and temp dbs, namings, and > transactions using :memory:. I'll take a closer look. > > Thanks! > Scott > > > > > > > > Adam > > On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Scott Frankel > > <fran...@circlesfx.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> Hi all, > >> > >> What's the best way to copy data from one db to another? > >> > >> Given 2 databases with identical schemas, one full of data and the > >> other empty, the brute force way would be to perform selects on the > >> source db, then for each row, perform an insert into the destination > >> db. Is there a more efficient way? > >> > >> Thanks in advance! > >> Scott > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> sqlite-users mailing list > >> sqlite-users@sqlite.org > >> http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > VerifEye Technologies Inc. > > 905-948-0015x245 > > 7100 Warden Ave, Unit 3 > > Markham ON, L3R 8B5 > > Canada > > _______________________________________________ > > sqlite-users mailing list > > sqlite-users@sqlite.org > > http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@sqlite.org > http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > -- VerifEye Technologies Inc. 905-948-0015x245 7100 Warden Ave, Unit 3 Markham ON, L3R 8B5 Canada _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
