Re: SQL Statement Help

["rick baird" <rick.baird@xxxxxxxxx>]

fyi, I don't think * can be used with other fields in a select statement.

it's either * by itself or list all fields with your constants.

On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 10:59 AM, rick baird <rick.baird@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Brian,
>
>  Try this:
>
>  INSERT INTO archives
>  (select '1', style, static, combined, <timestamp>
>     from LIVETABLE)
>
>  without the 'select' as the first argument of your insert values, it
>  thinks you're inserting a single row - and the embedded select inside
>  that single row is confusing it.
>
>
>
>  On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Brian Piotrowski
>  <bpiotrowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  > Good Morning All,
>  >
>  >  I'm having a brain cramp this morning and hope that someone can give me a hand with an SQL statement.  I have done it in the past, but the for the life of me can't remember how I did it.
>  >
>  >  I have two tables that has a set of fields in it.  At the end of the day, I want to run a routine that will move said data to an archives table and append some additional data to it - a plant code and a timestamp.
>  >
>  >  So my LIVETABLE table structure is:
>  >  - style
>  >  - static
>  >  - combined
>  >
>  >  And my ARCHIVES table is defined as:
>  >  - plantcode
>  >  - style
>  >  - static
>  >  - combined
>  >  - insert_date
>  >
>  >  So in effect, when I move the data from the live table to the archives table, I want to do something like this:
>  >
>  >  INSERT INTO archives ('1', select * from LIVETABLE, <timestamp>)
>  >
>  >  Where the first field is a static column and the last will be a timestamp.
>  >
>  >  Any ideas?
>  >
>  >  Thanks!
>  >
>  >  /b;
>  >
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