David McAfee
dmcafee at pacbell.net
Mon Feb 27 17:18:07 CST 2006
>From SQL Help INTO Clause Creates a new table and inserts the resulting rows from the query into it. The user executing a SELECT statement with the INTO clause must have CREATE TABLE permission in the destination database. SELECT...INTO cannot be used with the COMPUTE. For more information, see Transactions and Explicit Transactions. You can use SELECT...INTO to create an identical table definition (different table name) with no data by having a FALSE condition in the WHERE clause. But it seems to error each time for me, no matter how I use it. D -----Original Message----- From: dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 3:07 PM To: dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [dba-SQLServer] SELECT INTO question Not INSERT INTO, SELECT INTO... SELECT INTO creates a new table: SELECT * INTO newtable FROM sourcetable In Jet, if newtable exists, the statement writes over the existing instance of newtable. In SQL Server Express, the statement fails with an error that newtable already exists. I'm wondering which way SQL Server goes. Susan H. Sorry I read that wrong. In SQL 2000, if the correct data types are selected, it will simply insert the values as new records: INSERT INTO tblTest SELECT 'Test3' (table tblTest only has one field, a char(10) ) If the table does not exist, the table will be created (this is what I was referring to in my last post). If the table already exists but the number or columns are different or the types don't match, then the user will get an error. David -----Original Message----- From: dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of David McAfee Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 2:51 PM To: dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [dba-SQLServer] SELECT INTO question SQL Server 2000 works like access. Some coworkers like using this method. I don't. -----Original Message----- From: dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 2:40 PM To: SQLList Subject: [dba-SQLServer] SELECT INTO question In Jet SQL, the SELECT INTO statement will overwrite an existing table if the target table already exists. I just checked SQL Server Express and it did NOT overwrite an existing table -- the statement failed with an error. I uninstalled SQL Server awhile back, so I can't check it -- can anybody tell me how SQL Server responds? Susan H. _______________________________________________ dba-SQLServer mailing list dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-SQLServer mailing list dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-SQLServer mailing list dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.0/269 - Release Date: 2/24/2006 _______________________________________________ dba-SQLServer mailing list dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver http://www.databaseadvisors.com