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Oracle PL/SQL Tutorial » Insert Update Delete » Column Copy 
4. 2. 1. Copying Rows from One Table to Another (INSERT INTO ... select ...)

The number of columns and the column types in the source and destination must match.

SQL>
SQL> -- create demo table
SQL> create table Employee(
  2    EMPNO         NUMBER(3),
  3    ENAME         VARCHAR2(15 BYTE),
  4    HIREDATE      DATE,
  5    ORIG_SALARY   NUMBER(6),
  6    CURR_SALARY   NUMBER(6),
  7    REGION        VARCHAR2(BYTE),
  8    MANAGER_ID    NUMBER(3)
  9  )
 10  /

Table created.

SQL>
SQL> create table job (
  2    EMPNO         NUMBER(3),
  3    jobtitle      VARCHAR2(20 BYTE)
  4  )
  5  /

Table created.

SQL>
SQL> insert into job (EMPNO, Jobtitlevalues (1,'Tester');

row created.

SQL> insert into job (EMPNO, Jobtitlevalues (2,'Accountant');

row created.

SQL> insert into job (EMPNO, Jobtitlevalues (3,'Developer');

row created.

SQL> insert into job (EMPNO, Jobtitlevalues (4,'COder');

row created.

SQL> insert into job (EMPNO, Jobtitlevalues (5,'Director');

row created.

SQL> insert into job (EMPNO, Jobtitlevalues (6,'Mediator');

row created.

SQL> insert into job (EMPNO, Jobtitlevalues (7,'Proffessor');

row created.

SQL> insert into job (EMPNO, Jobtitlevalues (8,'Programmer');

row created.

SQL> insert into job (EMPNO, Jobtitlevalues (9,'Developer');

row created.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> -- display data in the table
SQL> select from job
  2  /

     EMPNO JOBTITLE
---------- --------------------
         Tester
         Accountant
         Developer
         COder
         Director
         Mediator
         Proffessor
         Programmer
         Developer

rows selected.

SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO employee (empno)
  2  SELECT empno
  3  FROM job;




SQL>
SQL> -- clean the table
SQL> drop table Employee
  2  /

Table dropped.

SQL> drop table job
  2  /

Table dropped.

SQL>
SQL>
4. 2. Column Copy
4. 2. 1. Copying Rows from One Table to Another (INSERT INTO ... select ...)
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