Re: [ADMIN] Populating a Table

2000-10-29 Thread Chris Fossenier
Hey Sherwin, You da man! Your statement worked great, I just had to put parentheses around key: i.e. DISTINCT ON (key) Thank you very much. Chris. >>> "pgsql-admin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/29/00 09:42PM >>> try INSERT INTO table2 SELECT DISTINCT ON key key, name, field1, field2 FROM tabl

Re: [ADMIN] Populating a Table

2000-10-29 Thread pgsql-admin
try INSERT INTO table2 SELECT DISTINCT ON key key, name, field1, field2 FROM table1; sherwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Hello, > >I'm sure I'll be flagged as a moron for asking this question, so be it. > >I have some tables of info with no primary keys. As a result the field I >want to key

[ADMIN] Populating a Table

2000-10-29 Thread Chris Fossenier
Hello, I'm sure I'll be flagged as a moron for asking this question, so be it. I have some tables of info with no primary keys. As a result the field I want to key on is repeated. My plan is to do a DISTINCT select from the un-keyed table into another table that does have constraints. Here