Re: Inserting data in a table using sub-selects - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Stephan Szabo
Subject Re: Inserting data in a table using sub-selects
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Msg-id 20040310124834.X36099@megazone.bigpanda.com
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In response to Inserting data in a table using sub-selects  (Andreas Joseph Krogh <andreak@officenet.no>)
List pgsql-sql
On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Andreas Joseph Krogh wrote:

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> Hi, I'd like to fill one table with the contents of another table. Mye schema
> is like this:
>
> CREATE TABLE table1(
> id serial NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
> title varchar NOT NULL,
> description varchar
> );
>
> CREATE TABLE table2(
> id int NOT NULL REFERENCES(table1(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
> content varchar NOT NULL
> );
>
> Now - is there a way I can do something like:
> INSERT INTO table2(id, content) values (select t1.id, coalesce(t1.title, '')
> || ' ' || coalesce(t1.description, '') as content from table1 t1);

I think you mostly just want to remove the values():

Insert into table2(id, content) select t1.id, coalesce(t1.title, '')|| ' ' || coalesce(t1.description, '') as content
fromtable t1;
 


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