Re: copying/moving from one table to another

Hi, there,

I do not quite sure is this what you want?

1. if newtable(one you want save) does not exist:
select * into newtable from oldtable;
or
create table newtable as select * from oldtable;

2. if newtable existed, you append some record into it:
insert into newtable select * from oldtable where clause;

Joachim Trinkwitz wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> is there a handy way to copy or (preferrably) move a whole record
> from one table to another, equally structured table in the same DB?
>
> Background: I have some tables which hold information concerning our
> staff, where people quite so often come and go, because their
> employment contract is limited to a year or two. When deleting a
> person in the DB, I don't want to lose this information completely,
> but I want to save it in a backup table.
>
> I suppose this is a newbie question, maybe I am stirring me blind
> somewhere ...
>
> Greetings and thanks,
> jaochim

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