Copying Columns From One Table To Other
Dec 30, 2007
Hello to all,
this is my first post on this forum, and I hope you'll be able to solve my problem. I'm working in industrial field and only from time to time I have to work with SQL. My problem is the following:
I have two tables. Both tables have same number of rows but different number of columns. Table 1 has 5, and table2 has three columns.
I need SQL statement to copy two columns A and B from table 1 to table 2 with condition, for example table2.C <> 2?
I don't know if I was clear enough. Basically I need to copy data from two columns of one table to other. Tables have no common data which I can use to join tables.
I tried something like this:
update table2 set (A,B)=(select A,B from table 1) where table2.c <>2
but don't know how to use syntax properly...
Thanks in advance
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Jun 17, 2006
I am working with a SQL database that was migrated from MS Access and adapted for full-text search which involved creating a new table with a different design. I would like to copy three columns (YearGiven, MonthGiven, DayGiven) from the Documents table to the newly-created FullDocuments table so that I can delete the Documents table and four other tables with redundant data. Here are the two tables involved in the column copy:
Documents Table
DocID (Primary Key)
DocNo
SequenceNo
YearGiven
MonthGiven
DayGiven
FullDocuments Table
FullDocID (Primary Key)
DocNo
SequenceNo
SectionText
YearGiven (empty €“ no data)
MonthGiven (empty €“ no data)
DayGiven (empty €“ no data)
After the copy column procedure I want the FullDocuments table structure to look like this:
FullDocuments Table
FullDocID (Primary Key)
DocNo
SequenceNo
SectionText
YearGiven (full of transferred data)
MonthGiven (full of transferred data)
DayGiven (full of transferred data)
The problem is that the FullDocuments table contains approximately 4x as many rows as the Documents table. This is because each document has four types €“ the primary Text document and three supplemental documents (Background, Report, and Index). Whereas the Documents table has one row for each Document, the Full Documents table has four rows per document (the four document types). Instead of simply doing a copy and paste of columns based on a primary key and foreign key relationship (as described in the MSDN online books), I need to copy and paste based on the DocNo and SequenceNo columns. Thus the same date data (Year, Month, Day) will need to occupy four consecutive rows for each document in the FullDocuments table (as is now the case with the DocNo and SequenceNo).
I will end up with one table that meets the requirements for the full-text search (primary key and all the text to be searched) and eliminate five tables (Documents and the four document type text tables). This is a static database consisting of historical records so I am not concerned about input errors that can be associated with denormalization.
I tried exporting the data using the Export Wizard using the €śCopy data from one or more tables€? option. The transfer failed. The most relevant lines of the Error Report are:
·Error 0xc0202009: Data Flow Task: An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80004005.
An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft SQL Native Client" Hresult: 0x80004005 Description: "The statement has been terminated.".
An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft SQL Native Client" Hresult: 0x80004005 Description: "Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'FullDocumentID', table 'Documents.dbo.FullDocuments'; column does not allow nulls. INSERT fails.".
(SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
·Error 0xc0047022: Data Flow Task: The ProcessInput method on component "Destination - FullDocuments" (61) failed with error code 0xC0202009. The identified component returned an error from the ProcessInput method. The error is specific to the component, but the error is fatal and will cause the Data Flow task to stop running.
(SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
·Error 0xc0047021: Data Flow Task: Thread "WorkThread0" has exited with error code 0xC0202009.
(SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
I then tried the €śWrite a query to specify the data to transfer€? option focusing on just the YearGiven column using various FETCH, INSERT AND UPDATE commands without any luck. Questions:
1. Is the query approach the best way to achieve my objective, or did I miss something in the €śCopy data€? option in the Export Wizard?
2. If the query approach is the best way, any suggestions on what the query will look like?
Thanks for any help you can provide.
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Dec 29, 2006
I know this is no problem for anyone who has ever done a bit of programming in SQL, but for me it is a problem because I'm rather new in SQL. My question is: how to copy column in the same table in query? I need move one column to another and then to delete the first column (but not the whole column, just one part so I can't use Copy - Paste in Enterprise Manager). I know how to select the part that I want, all I need now is to copy columns.
Thank You all in advanced!
Sincerely,
Ivan
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DECLARE @pss varchar(30)
EXEC [dbo].[uspPassPhraseGet] @pss OUTPUT
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,CONVERT(varchar(max),DecryptByPassPhrase(@pss, CONVERT(varchar(max),dbo.tbl_msg_app_legislativeinquiry.title), 1, CONVERT(varbinary, 23))) as title
,CONVERT(varchar(max),DecryptByPassPhrase(@pss, CONVERT(varchar(max),dbo.tbl_msg_app_legislativeinquiry.description), 1, CONVERT(varbinary, 23))) as description
,CONVERT(varchar(max),DecryptByPassPhrase(@pss, CONVERT(varchar(max),dbo.tbl_msg_app_legislativeinquiry.shortdesc), 1, CONVERT(varbinary, 23))) as shortdesc,
closed_dt, confidential, statusid, due_dt, deleted_dt,deletedbyid, highrisk, dbo.tbl_msg_app_legislativeinquiry.designator, dbo.tbl_ref_sys_status.description AS statusdesc
FROM dbo.tbl_msg_app_legislativeinquiry INNER JOIN
dbo.tbl_ref_sys_status ON statusid = dbo.tbl_ref_sys_status.ustatusid INNER JOIN
dbo.tbl_gbl_lkp_security ON uissueid = dbo.tbl_gbl_lkp_security.msgid AND
dbo.tbl_msg_app_legislativeinquiry.designator = dbo.tbl_gbl_lkp_security.designator
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**TABLE_ONE**
Type Animal TestID
-----------------------------------------
Mammal Goat 1
Fish Cod 1
Bird Chicken 1
Reptile Snake 1
Bird Crow 2
Mammal Cow 2
Bird Ostrich 3
**Table_Two**
Test_name TestID
-------------------------
Test_1 1
Test_1 1
Test_1 1
Test_1 1
Test_2 2
Test_2 2
Test_3 3
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Test_Name Bird Reptile Mammal Fish
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Test_1 Chicken Snake Goat Cod
Test_2 Crow Cow
Test_3 Ostrich
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For e.g
Select
Test_Name AS 'Test_Name',
Table_Bird.Animal AS 'Birds',
Table_Mammal.Animal AS 'Mammal',
Table_Reptile.Animal AS 'Reptile,
Table_Fish.Animal AS 'Fish'
From Table_One
[Code] .....
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please reply via e-mail also...res2100@yahoo.com
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Hi,o
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thx,
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Hey
in query analyzer, how do you copy a table form one db to another db
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Hi,
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What is the best way of doing this? It is just 1 table, I do not need the entire DB.
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Hi,
I wanted to know a query in sql that would copy a whole table from one database to another database with both the structure and the content.
strangely, my college professor don't know the same.
I tried looking in the help menu in sql but it didn't helping me much.
Help me out...!! I have a deadline to meet. I really would appreciate it. thanxs. --vijay.
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Feb 8, 2007
There are several easy ways to accomplish what I am trying to do in a simpler way however (long story short) this is something I need to learn for a much larger task in the near future.
O.K. I have a table named clients I'm trying to get started copying columns from the same table one by one. Lets say original table has these columns:
Database kokomain -- table dbo.clients
ID(pk) fname lname idate
I've created a blank temp table with the exact same schema and named it 'temp'. I've populated the id,fname and lname fields with the statement:
Insert Into kokomain.dbo.temp (cid,fname,lname) select c.cid,c.fname,c.lname from kokomain.dbo.clients c
Now, how could I add the idate field to the table as a separate query? I've tried several variations of things like...
INSERT INTO kokomain.dbo.temp (idate) select c.idate from kokomain.dbo.clients c where c.idate in (select idate from kokomain.dbo.temp)
No dice.
The correct statement would be greatly appreciated
Thanks.
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Before I start asking for favours I think it only polite that I introduce myself. My name is Doug I'm a EC&I engineer from the UK.
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@RecipeNumberCopyFrom int
@RecipeNumberCopyTo int
AS
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WHERE
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(And Copy to)
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WHERE
RecipeID = @RecipeNumberCopyTo
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Hope I can contribute in the future
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