SQL INSERT INTO from multiple tables

Question

this is my table 1:

NAME       AGE        SEX        CITY             ID

Clara      22         f          New York         1
Bob        33         m                 


        

Answer 1

I would suggest instead of creating a new table, you just use a view that combines the two tables, this way if any of the data in table 1 or table 2 changes, you don't need to update the third table:

CREATE VIEW dbo.YourView
AS
    SELECT  t1.Name, t1.Age, t1.Sex, t1.City, t1.ID, t2.Number
    FROM    Table1 t1
            INNER JOIN Table2 t2
                ON t1.ID = t2.ID;

If you could have records in one table, and not in the other, then you would need to use a full join:

CREATE VIEW dbo.YourView
AS
    SELECT  t1.Name, t1.Age, t1.Sex, t1.City, ID = ISNULL(t1.ID, t2.ID), t2.Number
    FROM    Table1 t1
            FULL JOIN Table2 t2
                ON t1.ID = t2.ID;

If you know all records will be in table 1 and only some in table 2, then you should use a LEFT JOIN:

CREATE VIEW dbo.YourView
AS
    SELECT  t1.Name, t1.Age, t1.Sex, t1.City, t1.ID, t2.Number
    FROM    Table1 t1
            LEFT JOIN Table2 t2
                ON t1.ID = t2.ID;

If you know all records will be in table 2 and only some in table 2 then you could use a RIGHT JOIN

CREATE VIEW dbo.YourView
AS
    SELECT  t1.Name, t1.Age, t1.Sex, t1.City, t2.ID, t2.Number
    FROM    Table1 t1
            RIGHT JOIN Table2 t2
                ON t1.ID = t2.ID;

Or just reverse the order of the tables and use a LEFT JOIN (I find this more logical than a right join but it is personal preference):

CREATE VIEW dbo.YourView
AS
    SELECT  t1.Name, t1.Age, t1.Sex, t1.City, t2.ID, t2.Number
    FROM    Table2 t2
            LEFT JOIN Table1 t1
                ON t1.ID = t2.ID;

Answer 2

Try doing:

INSERT INTO table3(NAME,AGE,SEX,CITY,ID,NUMBER)
SELECT t1.name,t1.age, t1.sex,t1.city,t1.id,t2.number
FROM table1 t1
LEFT JOIN table2 t2 ON t1.id = t2.id

By using LEFT JOIN, this will insert every record from table 1 in table3, and for the ones that match the join condition in table2, it will also insert their number.

Answer 3

You only need one INSERT:

INSERT INTO table4 ( name, age, sex, city, id, number, nationality)
SELECT name, age, sex, city, p.id, number, n.nationality
FROM table1 p
INNER JOIN table2 c ON c.Id = p.Id
INNER JOIN table3 n ON p.Id = n.Id

Answer 4

Here is an example if multiple tables don't have common Id, you can create yourself, I use 1 as commonId to create common id so that I can inner join them:

Insert Into #TempResult
select CountA, CountB, CountC  from

(
select Count(A_Id) as CountA, 1 as commonId from tableA
  where ....
  and  ...
  and   ...
) as tempA

inner join
(
select Count(B_Id) as CountB, 1 as commonId from tableB
  where ...
  and ...
  and  ...
 ) as tempB

on tempA.commonId = tempB.commonId

inner join
(
select Count(C_ID) as CountC, 1 as commonId from tableC
where ...
and   ...
) as tempC

on tmepB.commonId = tempC.commonId

--view insert result
select * from #TempResult

Answer 5

Here is an short extension for 3 or more tables to the answer of D Stanley:

INSERT INTO other_table (name, age, sex, city, id, number, nationality)
SELECT name, age, sex, city, p.id, number, n.nationality
FROM table_1 p
INNER JOIN table_2 a ON a.id = p.id
INNER JOIN table_3 b ON b.id = p.id
...
INNER JOIN table_n x ON x.id = p.id

Answer 6

To show the values from 2 tables in a pre-defined way, use a VIEW

http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_view.asp