Flash cards
Review the key moves
What is the main idea behind SQL INSERT INTO SELECT Keyword?
Lesson checks
Practice each idea before moving on
Short Mimo-style checks built from this lesson's code, terms, and sequence.
Which statement best captures the main point of this lesson?
Complete the missing token from the example code.
___ INTO Customers (CustomerName,Put the learning moves in the order that makes the concept easiest to apply.
Insert Into Select
The INSERT INTO SELECT command copies data from one table and inserts it into another table.
The following SQL copies "Suppliers" into "Customers" (the columns that are not filled with data, will contain NULL):
Example
INSERT INTO Customers (CustomerName,
City, Country)
SELECT SupplierName, City, Country FROM Suppliers;The following SQL copies "Suppliers" into "Customers" (fill all columns):
Example
INSERT INTO Customers (CustomerName, ContactName, Address, City, PostalCode,
Country)
SELECT SupplierName, ContactName, Address, City, PostalCode,
Country FROM Suppliers;The following SQL copies only the German suppliers into "Customers":
Example
INSERT INTO Customers (CustomerName,
City, Country)
SELECT SupplierName, City, Country FROM Suppliers
WHERE Country='Germany';