On 16/09/16 08:07, Patrick B wrote: > > > A select can make up columns too, not just what you've got in a table, > so you can: > > select j_id, 'test-1 - comments' as comment from test2 where > customer_id=88897; > > and then you can simply insert that into your other table (you don't > need to specify the columns that are getting a default value): > > insert into test1 (j_id, comments) > select j_id, 'test-1 - comments' as comment from test2 where > customer_id=88897; > > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-insert.html > <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-insert.html> has > more > info. > > > Thanks Chris! > > But the problem is that test2 table has 180 rows with different j_id and > I need to insert each one of them into test1 table. > > How can I do that? > select j_id FROM test2 - will return 180 rows > If your select returns 180 rows, then an `insert into select` query would insert 180 rows (assuming other constraints like primary / unique keys are met). -- Postgresql & php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
