How to copy a row

[sethumadhavan]

Hi

i want to copy a row and insert that same values in different/same table..

for example

Empno LunchAllovance
1001 50
1002 50

here lunch allovance is 50 for all the employees. i want to copy that and paste as a new record for a new employee. The employee number should be changed.... can anyone help me in this please

Thanks

[pradeep kaltari]

Hi

i want to copy a row and insert that same values in different/same table..

for example

Empno LunchAllovance
1001 50
1002 50

here lunch allovance is 50 for all the employees. i want to copy that and paste as a new record for a new employee. The employee number should be changed.... can anyone help me in this please

Thanks

Hi,
1: If the lunchAllowance is same for all the employees then you can set a default value to this column and exclude this column from the insert statement.
2: You can insert all the other column(s) in the table except the LunchAllowance. The insert statement should be followed by an UPDATE statement which looks somehing like the following:

UPDATE EMPLOYEE 
SET LunchAllowance= SELECT DISTINCT(LunchAllowance)
                                  FROM EMPLOYEE
WHERE Empno=<empno_recently_inserted>
 

I hope this answers your question.

Regards,
Pradeep

[Motoma]

INSERT INTO targetTable (field1, field2) (SELECT field1, field2 FROM sourceTable WHERE condition=check)
 

[sethumadhavan]

INSERT INTO targetTable (field1, field2) (SELECT field1, field2 FROM sourceTable WHERE condition=check)
 

Thanks for the reply!!!

[Motoma]

You are welcome! I hope things work out for you; don't hesitate to come back and ask more questions!

Thanks for the reply!!!