Re: Select into

From: "Gurjeet Singh" <singh(dot)gurjeet(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Gavin 'Beau' Baumanis" <gavinb(at)eclinic(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org, "A(dot) Kretschmer" <andreas(dot)kretschmer(at)schollglas(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Select into
Date: 2008-03-20 10:58:07
Message-ID: 65937bea0803200358i290bdc87hdeca777b593b5df1@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 4:19 PM, A. Kretschmer <
andreas(dot)kretschmer(at)schollglas(dot)com> wrote:

> am Thu, dem 20.03.2008, um 20:57:53 +1100 mailte Gavin 'Beau' Baumanis
> folgendes:
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I have asked our DBA at work and h is not too sure either... so I
> > thought it best to on the list.
> >
> > Basically, what I am after is a way to copy the contents of one record
> > into another.
> > Something like select into; but where the destination record already
> > exists, as opposed to creating a new record.
>
> insert into <table> select from <table> where ...
>
>
He specifically asked for

<snip>

where the destination record already
exists, as opposed to creating a new record.

</snip>

I think an UPDATE with joins would be helpful. Though, it may become
lengthy if the tables have too many columns.

Can you post your exact requirement?

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