In MySQL, can I copy one row to insert into the same table?

Question

insert into table select * from table where primarykey=1

I just want to copy one row to insert into the same table (i.e., I want to duplicate an ex

Answer 1

This procedure assumes that:

• you don't have _duplicate_temp_table
• your primary key is int
• you have access to create table

Of course this is not perfect, but in certain (probably most) cases it will work.

DELIMITER $$
CREATE PROCEDURE DUPLICATE_ROW(copytable VARCHAR(255), primarykey VARCHAR(255), copyid INT, out newid INT)
BEGIN
        DECLARE EXIT HANDLER FOR SQLEXCEPTION SET @error=1;
        SET @temptable = '_duplicate_temp_table';
        SET @sql_text = CONCAT('CREATE TABLE ', @temptable, ' LIKE ', copytable);
        PREPARE stmt FROM @sql_text;
        EXECUTE stmt;
        DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;
        SET @sql_text = CONCAT('INSERT INTO ', @temptable, ' SELECT * FROM ', copytable, ' where ', primarykey,'=', copyid);
        PREPARE stmt FROM @sql_text;
        EXECUTE stmt;
        DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;
        SET @sql_text = CONCAT('SELECT max(', primarykey, ')+1 FROM ', copytable, ' INTO @newid');
        PREPARE stmt FROM @sql_text;
        EXECUTE stmt;
        DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;
        SET @sql_text = CONCAT('UPDATE ', @temptable, ' SET ', primarykey, '=@newid');
        PREPARE stmt FROM @sql_text;
        EXECUTE stmt;
        DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;
        SET @sql_text = CONCAT('INSERT INTO ', copytable, ' SELECT * FROM ', @temptable, '');
        PREPARE stmt FROM @sql_text;
        EXECUTE stmt;
        DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;
        SET @sql_text = CONCAT('DROP TABLE ', @temptable);
        PREPARE stmt FROM @sql_text;
        EXECUTE stmt;
        DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;
        SELECT @newid INTO newid;
END $$
DELIMITER ;

CALL DUPLICATE_ROW('table', 'primarykey', 1, @duplicate_id);
SELECT @duplicate_id;

Answer 2

clone row with update fields and auto increment value

CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE `temp` SELECT * FROM `testing` WHERE id = 14;

UPDATE `temp` SET id = (SELECT id FROM testing ORDER by id DESC LIMIT 1
 )+1, user_id = 252 ,policy_no = "mysffffdd12" where id = 14;

INSERT INTO `testing` SELECT * FROM `temp`;

DROP TEMPORARY TABLE IF EXISTS `temp`;

Answer 3

Sorry for the necropost but this is what I turned up with google and since I found this helpful but problematic I wanted to contribute an important modification for anyone else who digs this up.

First off, I'm using SQL Server, not MySQL, but I think it should work similarly. I used Leonard Challis' solution because it was simplest and met the need, however there's a problem with this - if you simply take the PK and increment it by 1 then what happens if you've added other records since the row in question was added. I decided it was best to just let the system handle the autoincrementing of the PK, so I did the following:

SELECT * INTO #tmpTable FROM Table WHERE primarykey = 1
--Optionally you can modify one or more fields here like this: 
--UPDATE #tmpTable SET somefield = newData
ALTER TABLE #tmpTable DROP COLUMN TicketUpdateID
INSERT INTO Tickets SELECT * FROM #tmpTable
DROP TABLE #tmpTable

I believe this would work similarly in MySQL, but I can't test this, sorry

Answer 4

For a very simple solution, you could use PHPMyAdmin to export the row as a CSV file then simply import the amended CSV file. Editing the ID/primarykey column to show a 0 for the primarykey value before you import it.

SELECT * FROM table where primarykey=1

Then at the bottom of the page:

Where is says "Export" simply export, then edit the csv file to remove the primarykey value, so it's empty, and then just import it into the database, a new primarykey will be assigned on import.

Answer 5

I would use below,

insert into ORDER_ITEM select * from ORDER_ITEM where ITEM_NUMBER =123;

Answer 6

I used in my Koha database to insert duplicate items with the 'C' prefix in barcode column:

INSERT INTO items (`biblionumber`, `biblioitemnumber`, `barcode`, `dateaccessioned` ) SELECT `biblionumber`, `biblioitemnumber`,  CONCAT('C',`barcode`), `dateaccessioned` FROM `items` WHERE barcode='14832';