Thread: copy a record from one table to another (archive)

Hello there

Is it possible to move a record from one table to another to do a archive
with a simple command like move .... ?

Thanks .... jr

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <juerg.rietmann@pup.ch>
To: <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 12:45 PM
Subject: [SQL] copy a record from one table to another (archive)


> Hello there
> 
> Is it possible to move a record from one table to another to do a archive
> with a simple command like move .... ?
> 

begin; insert into archive_foo (select * from foo where foo_id=1); delete from foo where foo_id=1;
commit;

Is probably the closest you could get.

Alternatively, you could wrap the above up in a function and just go:

select do_archive_foo(1);

- Richard Huxton

Thus spake Richard Huxton
> begin;
>   insert into archive_foo (select * from foo where foo_id=1);
>   delete from foo where foo_id=1;
> commit;
> 
> Is probably the closest you could get.
> 
> Alternatively, you could wrap the above up in a function and just go:
> 
> select do_archive_foo(1);

Or even use a trigger if suitable.  You can have the delete automatically
trigger an insert into another table.

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