Re: [SQL] idiom to move records?

>
> Is there a handy way to move a set of records to a different
> table in sql? I'd like to do this based on a WHERE clause
> and have it work atomically such that it will not lose new
> records added between the step that copies to the other table
> and deleting the copied records.

Use a transaction and lock the source table first.

BEGIN TRANSACTION;
LOCK TABLE src_table;
INSERT INTO dest_table SELECT * FROM src_table
WHERE ...;
DELETE FROM src_table WHERE ...;
COMMIT TRANSACTION;

No other backend can add, modify or remove rows to/in/from
src_table while you have a lock on it.

Jan

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