mySql copy rows into same table with key value changed (not overwriting existing)

Question

How do I copy a selection of rows from a mySql table and insert with just the key value changed. Can I do a select and insert in same query?

To be precise, what I wa

Answer 1

If your key is auto_increment, and you have a table structure like primary_key | col1 | col2 | col3 then you can do something along the lines of

INSERT INTO table (
   col1, col2, col3
) SELECT col1, col2, col3
FROM table
WHERE primary_key IN(1, 2, 45, 54, 774, 4434 /* etc */);