CODEWITHSUNDEEP
mysql
nulled
nulled

Reputation: 413

Copying two columns from one table to another

Couldn't find exactly what I'm looking for anywhere else.

So I have table 1

users
----------

id
username
password
bio
isuser
email

and table 2

wp_users
----------

id
user_login
nice_username
password
email

There are 500 rows in 'wp_users' table. I would like to copy 'id' and 'user_login' into the users table ('id' and 'username') for each row.

How can I do this? MySQL isn't my strong point lol.

UPDATE: I have updated the tables above as I tried to simplify it but in return got the wrong solution.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1704

Answers (2)

El Gucs
El Gucs

Reputation: 967

You can use an INSERT - SELECT statement:

INSERT INTO `users` (id,username,password,bio,isuser,email) SELECT id,
user_login,null,null,null,null FROM `wp_users`;

You can put another fields or even static data on each field of the SELECT part. I've put nulls just to illustrate.

Just remember that anything the SELECT fetches will be inserted in the table the INSERT statement says (so you can use clauses like WHERE, GROUP BY, HAVING, etc on the SELECT part).

Upvotes: 3

Bridge
Bridge

Reputation: 30651

I believe you are looking for a simple insert statement:

INSERT INTO users (id,username)
SELECT W.id,
       W.user_login
FROM   wp_users W
WHERE  NOT EXISTS (SELECT NULL
                   FROM   users U
                   WHERE  U.ID = W.ID);

I am assuming the other columns in your users table are nullable, if not, you can add more columns to the select statement with the values in you'd like for the other columns.

You haven't mentioned any other keys or constraints, so I have assumed there aren't any.

I have also provided a check in the WHERE clause to see if a row already exists for the same ID, so you only insert a row for each ID once.

Upvotes: 0

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