Copying a row in the same table without having to type the 50+ column names (while changing 2 columns)

Question

During my job, I usually have to copy rows while changing their primary key and giving them a new stamp and maybe changing the foreign key.

The problem is I don\'t want

Answer 1

You can create a 'temp' table, update two columns and do an insert-select from this 'temp' table.

Eaxmple:

create table temptemp as 
select *
  from table_name
 where pk_id = "original_primary_key"

update temptemp
set col1 = ...
,   col2 =....

insert into table2
select * from temptemp;