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abul_mohsin
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Posted - 02/13/2013 :  10:12:05  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi,
I have two tables TEMPTable and ArchiveTable i am using below statement
to insert the rows from TEMPTable to ArchiveTable. Before inserting i need to check, if primary key row of TEMPTable already exist DONOT insert into ArchiveTable

INSERT INTO ArchiveTable
SELECT FROM TEMPTable


Thanks & Best Regard's
Abul Mohsin

James K
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Posted - 02/13/2013 :  10:30:07  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
One way to do it is as follows (i am showing col1, col2 just for illustration. You might have more or less number of columns to insert):
INSERT INTO ARchiveTable (pk, col1, col2)
SELECT t.pk, t.col1, t.col2 FROM
TEMPtable t 
WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM ArchiveTable a WHERE a.pk = t.pk)
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abul_mohsin
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Posted - 02/13/2013 :  10:34:39  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thank you ....I appreciate your help

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Abul Mohsin
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