Copy rows from the same table and update the ID column

Question

I have the following table

I have inserted Product B to it and it gives me an ID of 15

Answer 1

This will work with any column you choose. Not just primary key/ID.

INSERT INTO TableName (Column1, CustomID, Column3, Column4, Column5)
SELECT Column1, 'NewValue', Column3, Column4, Column5 FROM TableName
WHERE CustomID='OrigValue'

Answer 2

Can use MERGE on SQL Server 2008, has the advantage of using OUTPUT to return the DefID values, assuming they are auto-generated e.g.

MERGE INTO ProductDefinition
USING (
       SELECT 16, P1.Definition, P1.Description
         FROM ProductDefinition AS P1
        WHERE P1.ProdID = 15
      ) AS source (ProdID, Definition, Description)
ON 0 = 1
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN
   INSERT (ProdID, Definition, Description)
   VALUES (ProdID, Definition, Description)
   OUTPUT inserted.DefID, inserted.ProdID, 
             inserted.Definition, inserted.Description;

Answer 3

if you want to select all items (in condition the table not contains any primary keys)

INSERT INTO [tabelName]
SELECT  * FROM    [tabelName]
WHERE  (YourCondition)

in condition the table contains a primary keys, select only the columns that not primary key Like:

INSERT INTO [tabelName]
SELECT  col_1,col_2,col_n FROM    [tabelName]
WHERE  (YourCondition)

Answer 4

If you want to replicate data in same table use this logic:

first, insert statment where you want to insert...

insert into [table](column1,column2)

second, select statment from where you want to take data for insertion....

select (column1/'your value',column2/'your value') from [table]

now set filter which rows you want to duplicate

where (your condition)

as want to replicate same data for different customers i have used this query.

Answer 5

Do you use Oracle? It does not have an automatic PK_generator, nothing to work for your INSERT silently. However, it has SEQUENCEs, so let's use its NEXTVAL:

INSERT INTO Orders_tab (Orderno, Custno)
    VALUES (Order_seq.NEXTVAL, 1032);

The INSERT operation is exactly the case for them, the purpose of a SEQUENCE, you just have to use it explicitly. More described: Managing Sequences # Using Sequences

The node for Sequences is on the level of Tables, i.e. in the SQLdeveloper. Ours are ID_GENERATOR, in every DB.

Answer 6

If your id is not autoincrement or declared sequence and if u dont want to create a temporary table:

you can use:

INSERT INTO Tabel1 SELECT ((ROW_NUMBER( ) OVER ( ORDER BY ID  )) + (SELECT  MAX(id) FROM Table1)) ,column2,coulmn3,'NewValue' FROM Tabel1 Where somecolumn='your value`