Re: Update on "big file upgrade" approach - long

Mlpolutta@aol.com wrote:
> If I were to try to do this with SQL it would look like this:

> insert into TESTLIB2/NEWFILE (select a.*, '' newalpha1, 0 new alpha 2,
...
> from TESTLIB1/ORIGFILE a)

> but I'd have to list ALL of the new fields with the default value

Actually, you wouldn't; above you are specifying one version of Insert
where the fields to be loaded are not specified.  In this case you DO have
to specify all of the fields in the table and their default values and
their correct positions.

There is another version where you specify the fields to load and their
order, those unspecified will be filled with their appropriate default
values:

Insert into TestLib2/NewFile (fieldb, fielda, fieldz) Values(Select fieldb,
fielda, fieldz from TestLib1/OrigFile)

Bill