Re: [SQL] HOW DO I...

On Fri, Oct 15, 1999 at 08:54:01AM -0400, John C Cusick allegedly wrote:
> To All,
>
> How do I select from one table into another table
> that already exists?
>
> In other words, if I do a:
> select * into tblB from tblA where attrN like 'xxx';
>
> and both table structures are identical I get a
> ERROR: Relation 'tblB' already exists
>
> If I : select * into table tblB from tblA where attrN like 'xxx';
>
> I get the same answer.
>
> I also tried using 'update'
>
> So, How do I update a smaller table from a larger table?
>
> For those who wish to know, This is a large parts database that
> is updated monthly and I have divided it into smaller subsections for
> quick access through a web-based interface. Searching the original
> table is much too time consuming ( over 130,000 part #'s with Specs and
> Descriptions - all running on an ancient 80386). And I would like
> to avoid updating the smaller tables by re-building them from scratch.
>
> Thanks for your time,
>
> John C.

Shouldn't you be doing the following?

insert into tblB select * from tblA where attrN like 'xxx';

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