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rtutus
Aged Yak Warrior

522 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-06 : 11:31:14

if i have an existing table table2 and i want to copy the rows corresponding to : where mycol='myvalue' in table1 to the existing table table2, but table 2 has a column_id and scope identity.

Runing just: insert into table2 select * from table1 mycol='myvalue' gives me the error:

An explicit value for the identity column in table 'statventebck' can only be specified when a column list is used and IDENTITY_INSERT is ON.
so what should i do to exclude the scope id column
or what should i do to make my command work
Thank you

DonAtWork
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2167 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-06 : 11:33:45

what should i do to exclude the scope id column: List each column that you want to insert. It does NOT matter how many there are. If you have 200 Columns, you MUST list them.


Insert Into Table2 (col1,col2,etc)
Select col1,col2,etc (do NOT include your key column)
From Table1 where mycol = 'myvalue'

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snSQL
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Posted - 2006-11-06 : 11:36:17

Don't use SELECT * (which you should get out of the habit of doing anyway because it usually means you're selecting some columns that you don't need). Specify the columns in the SELECT and make sure you leave out the identity column.

If you are specifying every column except the identity column, then you don't have to specify the columns in the INSERT as well, if you want to leave out other columns then specify the columns in both the INSERT and the SELECT, something like

INSERT table2 (col2, col5, col7)
SELECT col2, col5, col7
FROM table1
WHERE mycol='myvalue'

rtutus
Aged Yak Warrior

522 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-06 : 12:15:07

Did i get the error because it s an id column or because it s a scope_id
Thank you so much.

snSQL
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

1837 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-06 : 12:17:38

Because it is an identity column.

Kristen
Test

22859 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-06 : 12:35:37

... and because you have gotten into the bad habit of using "SELECT *" !!

Kristen

X002548
Not Just a Number

15586 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-06 : 12:55:23

Here, give this a read

http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/brettk/archive/2004/04/22/1272.aspx

Brett

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DonAtWork
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2167 Posts

Posted - 2010-08-19 : 06:49:47

and another blast from the past from another "wow look at my super cool excellent site that also does SQL" !!

Seriously.. 2006?

http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/jeffs/archive/2008/05/13/question-needed-not-answer.aspx
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