how to use select statement in insert query

[avinash]

hi my self avi
i want to copy data from one table to other table,by giving certain
condition and i want o use insert statement .in this i want to pass some
value directly and some value from select statement , if i try i ll get
error i.e all column of destination table (i.e in which i want to insert
data) should match with all columns in values column some thing like
this.
plz give me some helpful suggetion on this

[Simon Hayes]

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hi my self avi
i want to copy data from one table to other table,by giving certain
condition and i want o use insert statement .in this i want to pass some
value directly and some value from select statement , if i try i ll get
error i.e all column of destination table (i.e in which i want to insert
data) should match with all columns in values column some thing like
this.
plz give me some helpful suggetion on this

Something like this?

insert into dbo.Table1
(col1, col2, col3, col4)
select 'A', co11, 7, col8
from dbo.Table2
where...

In the SELECT statement, you can mix constant values ('A' and 7) with column
values (col1 and col8) - I think this is what you want to do, if I
understood you correctly. If this doesn't help, then I suggest you post
CREATE TABLE statements for both tables, and the INSERT statement you're
trying to make work, as that will avoid any confusion and guesswork.

Simon