Posted by Captain Paralytic on 01/23/08 11:06

On 23 Jan, 00:15, Kenoli <kenol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 22, 1:00 pm, ZeldorBlat <zeldorb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Jan 22, 3:29 pm, Kenoli <kenol...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I want to insert the data from one record in one table into another
> > > table in a mysql database, adding the current date and time to a field
> > > in the table the data is going into. Thus when a record is changed, I
> > > am backing it up and indicating the date and time of the backup in a
> > > "date" field.
>
> > > The following is the method for copying data from a field in one table
> > > to another.
>
> > > INSERT INTO tbl_2 (fld_1, fld_2) SELECT tbl_1.fld_1, tbl_1.fld_2 FROM
> > > tb_1 WHERE tbl_1.fld_id = [some record number];
>
> > > How can I mix this with adding the new date/time data to a date field
> > > in table 2 as well?
>
> > > Thanks,
>
> > > --Kenoli
>
> > Just include another column with the value of NOW():
>
> > INSERT INTO tbl_2 (fld_1, fld_2, fld_date)
> > SELECT tbl_1.fld_1, tbl_1.fld_2, NOW()
> > FROM tb_1
> > WHERE tbl_1.fld_id = [some record number];
>
> Thanks. I'll try it. And it won't get confused looking for a NOW()
> field in tbl_1?
>
> --Kenoli

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/select.html

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