Inserting from a SELECT but changing one column?

Question

Wondering if there is a way to insert a row into a table from another, with exception of one column?

This is of course easy with a limitied amount of columns, but gets k

Answer 1

You can use temporary tables

Create Temporary table

CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE temp_table AS (SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE ...);

Update column

UPDATE temp_table SET column='Value' WHERE ...;

Or drop a column

ALTER TABLE temp_table DROP column_name;

Insert to destination table

INSERT INTO MyDestinationTable SELECT * FROM temp_table;