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

For SQL Server, the syntax would be:

insert  into TargetTable
        (col1, col2, col3, ...)
select  getdate(), col2, col3, ... 
from    SourceTable

SQL Server can generate a column list for you. Right click the table name, and choose Script as -> Select -> To New Window.