Hi,
You can use 
"insert into newTable(field1,field2,field3) select red,green,blue from
oldTable"

HTH
Jaski


At 10:11 PM 2/4/01 +1300, phobo wrote:
>I am in the process of improving a database scheme considerably in MySQL, by
>breaking tables into smaller tables and so one. I am wondering if there is a
>simple SQL statement to take ALL ROWS of fields 'f1', 'f2', 'f3', and copy
>them to the another table.... Then I can remove the fields in the original
>table.
>
>eg something like
>INSERT INTO BetterSmallerTable SET (PrimKey,Red,Green,Blue) VALUES (SELECT
>PrimKey,Red,Green,Blue FROM BigClumsyTable) ??
>
>Thanks,
>Siggy
>
>
>
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