Re: SQL or not?

Yes...assuming the fields are defined NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT.


Charles


On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Keith McCully <keithmccully@xxxxxxxxx

wrote:

The fields come pre-defined and are not null-capable.

Will Charles' suggestion:

insert into filea (fld1, fld2, fld3, fld4, fld5)
select * from fileb where <...>

also load FileA fields 6 thru 10 with default values - including the date
field?

Thanks

On 17 December 2012 21:31, Glenn Gundermann <ggundermann@xxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Keith,

If the date is not null-capable, then I would set the data to

0001-01-01.

Glenn Gundermann
Email: ggundermann@xxxxxx
Cell: 416-317-3144

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