INSERT .. SELECT

INSERT .. SELECT

The table games shows the year and the city hosting the Olympic Games.

games yr city 2000 Sydney 2004 Athens 2008 Beijing

schema:scott

 DROP TABLE games

 CREATE TABLE games(
  yr INTEGER,
  city VARCHAR(20));
INSERT INTO games VALUES (2000,'Sydney');
INSERT INTO games VALUES (2004,'Athens');
INSERT INTO games VALUES (2008,'Beijing');

The INSERT SELECT statement adds a new row to the table based on a SELECT statement: In this example you run the next three Olympic games in the same three venues write my paper site:

INSERT INTO scott.games(yr,city)
  SELECT yr+12, city FROM scott.games;
SELECT * FROM scott.games;

INSERT INTO games(yr,city)
  SELECT yr+12, city FROM games;
SELECT * FROM games;

See also

• INSERT .. VALUES