that was preety good.. merged 3 tables with 2 million raws in 3 minutes... thanks FB "Sean Burlington" <sean@uncertainty.org.uk> wrote in message 3F45E111.6050906@uncertainty.org.uk">news:3F45E111.6050906@uncertainty.org.uk... > FB wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have 3 similar tables. I want to merge them. The thing I use is > > > > 1) SELECT * > > 2) Make a while statement > > 3) INSERT each raw into the other table > > > > is there a easier way? > > > > FB > > if the columsn are identical > > insert into table1 select * from table2; > insert into table1 select * from table3; > > if the column names are different > > insert into table12 (colname1, calname2) select colname3, colname4 from > walks; > > the above works on mysql ... > > -- > > Sean > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
