On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Nigel Verity <nigelverity at hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > I know this must seem a fairly dumb question, but I can't find an easy way to > create a copy of table using just SQL. > > My requirement is to take periodic snapshots of a names and addresses table, > to be stored in the same database as the master. > > The master table has one index - an auto-incrementing integer ID (non NULL, > primary key). There is no need for the corresponding field in the snapshot to > be indexed, but the integer ID does need to be copied across. > > I'm happy to copy the table structure in one operation and the data in > another, but if it can be done in a single operation so much the better.
You could use _two_ statements like: DROP TABLE IF EXISTS copy_of_bubba; CREATE TABLE copy_of_bubba AS SELECT * FROM bubba; > > Thanks > > Nige > > > > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users at mailinglists.sqlite.org > http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users -- If you sent twitter messages while exploring, are you on a textpedition? He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone Maranatha! <>< John McKown
