Hi, ashah, ashah wrote: > I tried this solution, but ran into following problem. > > The temp_table has columns (col1, col2, col3). > > The original_table has columns (col0, col1, col2, col3) > Now the extra col0 on the original_table is the unique generated ID by > the database. INSERT INTO original_table (col1, col2, col3) SELECT col1, col2, col3 FROM temp_table WHERE ... HTH, Markus -- Markus Schaber | Logical Tracking&Tracing International AG Dipl. Inf. | Software Development GIS Fight against software patents in EU! www.ffii.org www.nosoftwarepatents.org