Re: [sqlite] updating using a value from another table

Simon Slavin wrote: > > On 7 Oct 2013, at 3:45pm, dean gwilliam wrote: > > > sqlite> UPDATE itms SET std_nm=(SELECT std_nm FROM aliases as x WHERE > > raw_nm = x > > .raw_nm); > > looking at it without the 'AS' ... > > UPDATE itms SET

Re: [sqlite] Compound update isn't working as I expect

Sam Carleton wrote: > It is very clear to me that my expectations are wrong, please enlighten > me... > > Here is the query: > > update INVOICE >set SUB_TOTAL = (select sum(PRICE * QTY) from INVOICE_ITEM ii where > ii.INVOICE_ID = *INVOICE_ID*), >TAX =

Re: [sqlite] Performance Question

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Saying NOT NULL on a PRIMARY KEY is redundant, by the way. > -- > D. Richard Hipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> **kaw<~/tdpsa>$ sqlite3 Loading resources from /home/kaw/.sqliterc SQLite version 3.3.7 Enter ".help" for instructions sqlite> .nullvalue '<>' sqlite> create table

Re: [sqlite] duplicate primary key

Mario Frasca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > this is a bit surprising; where does the autoincrement-like > behaviour come from? without an explicit autoincrement > definition, I would expect ... > what is going on here? I'm having three records with

Re: [sqlite] Seems like a bug in the parser

> select a from qqq group by b; This question was discussed on the list a year or 2 ago. The column a in the simple query above is meaningless; it's an arbitrary value from each group. There are queries, however, where a non-grouped column is meaningful, such as a join where the grouping column

Re: [sqlite] Re: Multiple SELECTs (and single SELECT) and TRANSACTION ?

"Igor Tandetnik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > RohitPatel > wrote: > > Scenario 1 > > If action of some user needs to execute multiple SELECT statements > > (read-only, no plan to write), it needs to start explicit transaction > > to get consistent reads across read-only multiple statements.

Re: [sqlite] Problem with WHEN expressions inside CASE statement in SELECT statement

Robert Duff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had a problem with inserting bad unicode characters into my database. > ... > Returned by "SELECT locationsFK,variable,logindex, CASE units WHEN units > ISNULL THEN '#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!' WHEN units = '??F' THEN > '' WHEN units !=

Re: [sqlite] How to get column description from table using SQL

blins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How to get column description from table using SQL pragma table_info() Regards

Re: [sqlite] Improving insert speed?

> ... should I be using commit before end ... Commit and end are synonyms; you don't need both. > ... this is single user, I assume using immediate or exclusive is ok ... It's OK but not necessary. A simple begin is just as good, since no one else can apply a lock before yours is upgraded.

Re: [sqlite] Functions embedded in SQL statements

Bud Beacham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have the book SQLite by Chris Newman and it has examples of > functions embedded within SQL statements. > > For example on page 38 the ifnull() function is used. > > SELECT code, ifnull(due_date, 'Ongoing') FROM projects; > > Also, on page 81 the

Re: [sqlite] "NOT IN (Select..)" vs "EXCEPT Select"

"Alexey Petrovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > select e164 from lcr15 except select e164 from lcr16 order by ... > > select e164 from lcr15 where e164 not in (select e164 from lcr16) ... > > ... > I thought that those queries provide the same result. > ... > Any guess? > > Alexey. It's not

Re: [sqlite] Avoiding duplicate record insertion

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a related question. Suppose I have a table containing rows each with > values and a counter. If the new row is unique in the table it should be > INSERTed and the counter set to 1; otherwise the counter for the matching > row should be incremented. It's a

Re: [sqlite] sqlite too slow for me?

"P?ter Szab?" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear SQLite Developers, > > I am seeking help for optimizing my SQLite SQL query, which seems to > be running unreasonably slow. The query is: > > SELECT col2 FROM t WHERE col1='foobar' AND > col4='foobarfoobarfoobarfoob'; > > My schema is the

Re: [sqlite] Query performance issues - index selection

Steve Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > CREATE UNIQUE INDEX pk_data on data( utime, r_id, u_id ); > ... > CREATE INDEX ix_data_ut on data( u_id, utime ); Wouldn't a unique index on (u_id, utime, r_id) get you the pk constraint and better performance on your query with no other index to confuse

Re: [sqlite] Binary compatibility

Nikki Locke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Given that I am using SQLite.Net, if I execute this pragma as the first > command > passed over the connection, before creating any tables, will it work? Or do I > really have to execute it "before creating the database"? I think you're confusing

Re: [sqlite] How do you unsubscribe?

Richard Battagline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do you unsubscribe? Read the headers of any message from the group.

Re: [sqlite] sqlite puzzle

JP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > SQLite provides a way to get the N-th row given a SQL statement, with > LIMIT 1 and OFFSET . > > Can the reverse be done in an efficient way? For example, given a table > with 1million names, how can I return the row number for a particular > element? No, you

Re: [sqlite] Does Substr() use index?

Paul Gaspar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, just a short question: Does this use the index on f > > select * from t where SUBSTR(f,1,1) = 'a' > > so that it is an alternative for > > select * from t where ( f >= 'a' and f < 'b' ) > > > Thanks a lot > > Paul No, but you can read about

Re: [sqlite] how to fix problem of lock

"Cesar David Rodas Maldonado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > but is posible open several DATABASE with a programm and do transaccion > without locked the table??? No. A transaction will always lock the database at some point. Regards

Re: [sqlite] last modified time or version of sqlite database

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Re: [sqlite] select foo,count(foo) -> segmentation fault

"Jay Sprenkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Works ok here: > > C:\Temp\sqliteImport>sqlite3 > SQLite version 3.0.8 > Enter ".help" for instructions > sqlite> create table t (a); > sqlite> select * from (select count(a) as b from t) where b > 1; > sqlite> select count(a) as b from t where b > 1;

Re: [sqlite] Wierd between results

"Lloyd Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > if use > SELECT count(call_id) as num_rows WHERE ring_time BETWEEN 6 and 10; > I get 0 results You DID specify a table in your actual queries, didn't you? select * from tbl; t x y -- -- -- 1

Re: [sqlite] DEFAULT values replace explicit NULLs?

The current implementation is correct. According to the '92 std (remembering that the default default value of a column is null) the procedure for constructing a new row is (conceptually) 1. Construct a row containing the default value for each column. 2. For each column value specified

Re: [sqlite] alter table syntax ?

"Doug Fajardo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Help! > I keep getting a syntax error from the 'alter table' sql command, when > used to add a column to a table. Can someone help with this error? Below > is an example of one attempt, and its results: > > [tuna]$ sqlite test2.db > SQLite version

Re: [sqlite] examples of syntax

> examples of syntax ... than the "syntax" page from the home page Try Googling for 'sql tutorial'. Regards

Re: [sqlite] self joins efficiency question

> select user_id from person p1, person p2 where p1.user_id<>p2.user_id > and p1.name = p2.name Your query is fine. It's slow because it's doing a full scan of p1, and for each row in p1 it's doing a full scan of p2. That makes the time O(n^2). It should go much faster if you add an index on

Re: [sqlite] GUID in place of AUTO_INCREMENT

> ... but Rails doesn't seem to support composite keys. I don't know much about RoR. How does RoR keep you from creating a multi-column key on an SQLite table? Regards

Re: [sqlite] PRAGMA table_info oddness

There's no string type in SQL. Go to and read section 2.1. Regards

Re: [sqlite] translate time comparison statement

You may want WHERE julianday(date('now')) - julianday(date(arrival_date)) > 7 so that time of day isn't part of the comparison; otherwise, you're correct. Regards

Re: [sqlite] enum in SQLite

> ... you'll also need to write an update trigger ... True, and you may want to protect EnumVals with triggers after you populate it, or put EnumVals is a separate read-only database and attach it. On the other hand, being able to change the allowed values without changing the schema may be an

Re: [sqlite] enum in SQLite

> SQLite doesn't support enums natively. You could emulate it using > triggers, although it would be somewhat hidden and definitely a pain in > the tucus to use. It's not really so hard. create table MainTbl ( ... EnumCol SomeType references EnumVals, ...); create table EnumVals (val

Re: [sqlite] specifying field type, any benefit?

http://www.sqlite.org/datatype3.html

Re: [sqlite] Odd query optimization

> Anyone have any thoughts ... ? You've already figured it out. For more info, see . Regards

Re: [sqlite] Re: - [sqlite] can anyone reproduce ticket# 1540 (failure to create a primary key)?

> ... and then query the sqlite_master for the > names of other indexes ... Or use PRAGMA index_list(table-name) and PRAGMA index_info(index-name) Regards

Re: [sqlite] Re: Calculating the mode

> select salary, count(*) occurs from payroll > group by salary having occurs = > (select count(*) c from payroll group by salary >order by c desc limit) OR select salary, count(*) from payroll group by salary having count(*) = (select max(cnt) from (select count(*) cnt

Re: [sqlite] Unsupported SQL feature

> What are these constructs suppose to do? x all (select y from t where ...) is equivalent to not exists (select y from t where not (x y) and ...) Any and some are synonyms. x any (select y from t where ...) is equivalent to exists (select y from t where x y and ...) Any can

Re: [sqlite] .import null values

> Affinity Modes ... how do you activate these? I don't believe strict affinity has been implemented; someone correct me if that's not right. Regards

Re: [sqlite] Is this query optimized?

count() has always done a full table scan. As far as I know, nothing has been done to optimize it, as your observations seem to confirm. Regards

Re: [sqlite] sqlite on SunOS 5.6 (Solaris Sparc 6)

> Can anyone guide me to where "fdatasync" should be? (maybe) Regards

Re: [sqlite] Are DELETE TRIGGERS recursive or not?

If the trigger were recursive, it would invoke itself forever, even if it's not doing anything because the where clause fails. Regards

Re: [sqlite] .import null values

> "even numeric data" is imported as text Column types in Sqlite are not strictly enforced. If you import data that 'look' numeric from your text file into a column with a numeric type, the data will be stored in a numeric format; if a particular value cannot be converted to a numeric format, it

Re: [sqlite] sqlite on SunOS 5.6 (Solaris Sparc 6)

This looks like a problem that has come up several times before on the list. If I remember correctly, it's usually that the awk shipped by Sun doesn't support the extended syntax that Sqlite expects. Try installing gawk if it's not there already, and do whatever is required to use it in place of

Re: [sqlite] .import null values

If you want all the empty fields to be null, why not just set them, with a single sql statement (per affected column), after the import? Regards

Re: [sqlite] How to determine if a column is autoincremented?

select sql from sqlite_master where type='table' and tbl_name='my_table' and sql like '%autoincrement%' OR select sql like '%autoincrement%' from (select sql from sqlite_master where type='table' and tbl_name='my_table') Regards

Re: AW: [sqlite] and , or

> Hi Henri, > > On 18.10.2005, at 14:56, Eggert, Henri wrote: > > > I have found that the problem is the column name "Text". > > If I replace the column name "Text" by another all works fine. > > So I wonder : is "Text" a keyword for sqlite ? > > > > It indeed is [1]. :) > > > -Markus > > [1]

Re: [sqlite] locking problem (on insert inside callback)

> SELECT * FROM table1 LEFT JOIN table2 on table1.field=table2.field > WHERE table2.field is NULL > > So far, so good, I get the records I want. Then in the callback, I try > > INSERT INTO table1 etc... I'm not sure I understand your logic. Your left join indicates that there are records missing

Re: [sqlite] Easyer way ?

I believe more than one subscriber to this list have written utilities to manage SQLite databases. I've never used one, but I expect they have GUIs that will allow you to enter and insert data. A Google search will probably turn up something. Regards

Re: [sqlite] "Data Dictionary" in SQLite?

pragma table_info (and others). Look at the pragma docs. Regards

Re: [sqlite] help with GROUP BY

> I want the title, the MAX(speed) for each title group, and the date > that occurred. In case, ... I haven't tried this, but I think it's correct. Let me know if it's not. select distinct table.title, table.date, t2.maxsp from table, (select title ttl, max(speed) maxsp from table

Re: [sqlite] index organized table +compression

> Does anybody know whether it is possible to compress ... I don't recall anyone having claimed to have done this. You can try searching the archives: > ... possible to create index organized tables within SQLite Not really. If you

Re: [sqlite] INSERTing a row only if it doesn't EXIST

If id in your example identifies a row, then by definition it is unique (probably the primary key). If you try to insert another row with the same id, the insert will fail. Why not just catch the exception or error code? Regards

Re: [sqlite] sqlite on embedded board

I can't tell what you've been doing, but probably what you need to do is something like 1. Do all your work in the memory db, without touching the flash db. 2. Then, just before you detach, update the flash db with insert [or replace] into flash.db ... select ... from

Re: [sqlite] How to load a SQLite schema from file using SQLite C-API

>I have SQLite schema in an ascii file. I would like to be able to load >this schema via SQLite C-API. How do I do this? You can look at the source code for the SQLite shell and see how it implements the .read command, but it may be simpler just to invoke the SQLite shell using system() or

Re: [sqlite] any plans for out-of-row blobs?

> There is no way to retrieve part of a > blob value in SQLite. > > From my understanding, most databases store > blob values separate from the rest of the row. The common way to handle this in SQLite is to store the blob in a file and store the file name in the db. Regards

Re: [sqlite] All transactions are Database locks?

> Are all transactions database locks (not table locks)? Yes. > If I prepare a select statement and start stepping on Table A on process one > and pause before finializing and do an update on Table B with process two or > even the same process I will get a database is locked error? Yes. > Does

Re: [sqlite] how to check the file is a sqlite database file?

Read the first 31 bytes of the file (or the first 15 bytes in V3). Regards

Re: [sqlite] Null values in Primary Key

> I tried to see what MS SQL would do but it does not allow creation of the > tables primary key with any NULL segments. This is the correct behavior; I thought SQLite enforced that. You can duplicate the correct behavior by adding to the spec for each PK column. > Does that mean I need to do

Re: [sqlite] "where not exists (union-select)" fails on 2nd where

> SELECT * FROM PRIM AS P > WHERE NOT EXISTS > ( > SELECT REFID FROM REF1 WHERE REF1.REFID=P.ID > UNION > SELECT REFID FROM REF2 WHERE REF2.REFID=P.ID > ); I looks like correct SQL according to the SQLite docs, but I don't understand why you coded the select that way. You should get the same

Re: [sqlite] malformed database schema - near "AUTOINCREMENT": syntax error

> "malformed database schema - near "AUTOINCREMENT": syntax error" It might help if you published your schema. Also, it would be interesting to know whether your v3.2.3 passed all the tests in the test suite. Regards

Re: [sqlite] SQL for finding non-matching rows

> select a from t1 where a not in (select b from t2) select a from t1 except select b from t2 or (SQLite v3 only) select a from t1 where not exists (select b from t2 where b = a) Which of these is fastest will probably depend on table size and indexing; you'll have to try them out.

Re: [sqlite] manipulating new.? in triggers

> Is it possible to change the values of certain rows that > are inserted into the database? ... I think everything you need is explained at . If you don't understand how to get the current date in SQLite, look at the wiki page. Regards

Re: [sqlite] How to update wiki? date/time page misprint

> strftime ... for the %j format ... should specify > 001-366 instead of 000-366 You're correct. You should be able to edit the page by clicking on Edit just below the main heading. Regards

Re: [sqlite] Index and General Optimization Question

Currently, indices are not used to look up either term in an OR expression. See . You could build 2 separate 5-column indices and use a union. Regards

Re: [sqlite] possible documentation error

AS is always optional, i.e., in table names and in column names. Regards

Re: [sqlite] Finding max of each group?

> select conversation_id, count(*), max(unread), max(updated_on) > from messages > where conversation_id in () > group by conversation_id; > > I use max(updated_on) to get the date of the most recent message in > the conversation. Is there a way to return the ID of this message? Assuming that the

Re: [sqlite] RFC Beginning digit in column name

> Does MySQL allows [0_xy] to specify column names? > > If I remember correctly, that is the standard SQL way to have columns > with spaces in the middle, and sqlite allows columns starting with a > digit in this way... It's not standard; it's a Microsoft extension. Regards

Re: [sqlite] how to get notice when database is free after it was busy

> So, you can use something like this: > > if { ! [catch {set selectResult [eval db "select x from y where z = > 'blah'"]} catchErr] } { > puts "Failed - the error is $catchErr" > } else { > puts "selectResult= $selectResult" > } > Except that you've got the if/else clauses reversed (or just

Re: [sqlite] quoting

> How do I quote a null byte? There is no way to quote a null byte in SQL. If you're trying to pass a string with a literal null byte in it to a perl function, it may be that underlying C code is failing because it expects a null-terminated string; in that case, substituting "\000" for the null

Re: [sqlite] ALTER TABLE: Confusing documentation

The docs are correct; you just have to read carefully. They say that you can "rename, or add a new column to, an existing table". Regards

Re: [sqlite] SQLite 3.2 install on Mac OS X

It looks like libtclsqlite3.dylib either didn't get made or is in the wrong place. You can search your disk to see whether it got made. There's a switch in the Makefile that determines whether it gets made or not. OS X has been discussed several times on this list. You might try searching the

Re: [sqlite] SQLite 3.2 install on Mac OS X

cd /usr/bin ln -s tclsh8.4.4 tclsh will probably do it for you, or to cover all the bases, cd /usr/bin ln -s tclsh8.4.4 tclsh8.4 ln -s tclsh8.4 tclsh Regards

Re: [sqlite] Limit how much data to read

> Where in the documentation that explains how to use the sqlite substr() > function? Go to the SQLite Syntax page, and click on 'expression'.

Re: [sqlite] Calculation between rows?

> I suppose I could copy the data table into a temporary > table ... documenataion quarantees AUTOINCREMENT fields > to be "monotonically increasing" ... "Monotonically increasing" does not mean that for every key k there will be a key (k-1). In fact, if you ever delete a row in an autoincrement

Re: [sqlite] Saving "Unsigned Long"s in database

> SELECT avg(length(domain)) from domains; > > The response is 10 and not 4. >From : length(X) Return the string length of X in characters. If SQLite is configured to support UTF-8, then the number of UTF-8 characters is

Re: [sqlite] Does SQLite have a fulltext search like MySQL?

> From: Stephen Leaf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: SMiLeaf > To: sqlite-users@sqlite.org > Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 18:06:39 -0500 > Subject: Re: [sqlite] Does SQLite have a fulltext search like MySQL? > > On Tuesday 05 July 2005 04:48 pm, Michael Grice wrote: > > If not, are there plans to add

Re: [sqlite] how to use the LIMIT and OFFSET?

You should use SQL to get the data you want, then use your host language to display the data. Those are 2 separate operations, and you'll be better off not mixing them. If you're going to let your users go backward, you're going to have to cache the data anyway. Regards

Re: [sqlite] Parsing bug with sqlite3.exe ?

The problem seems to be that sqlite is not recognizing as a comment terminator (unless the comment is alone on a line). I think you should write a bug ticket; meanwhile, the work-around is to end your comment with a semicolon. sqlite> select * from t1; -- comment ...> ...> ; a c

Re: [sqlite] Re: 'int n' parameter in sqlite3_bind_*() functions

Re: [sqlite] philosophy behind public domain?

> > > I think the gist was that the software couldn't have a disclaimer > > > of liability if it is public domain, and so anyone could sue the > > > author if something went wrong when using it. I don't know how > > > true this is or not, but would like to see it addressed in the answer. >

Re: [sqlite] unit tests

> How do I run the unit tests in Linux? make test

Re: [sqlite] nested functions in select

> ... select count(distinct(something)) ... http://www.sqlite.org/omitted.html BTW, distinct is not a function. Regards

Re: [sqlite] Is threading enabled?

> How can i find out ... whether threading is enabled ... ? grep -in thread Makefile Regards

Re: [sqlite] Windows question

> Am I right ... sqlite-3_2_1.zip ? Yes, and get the same version of the dll, with or without tcl bindings, if you're going to write programs. Regards

Re: [sqlite] OT: Suitable table schema for object relationship

> A --> B --> C > \ >\--> D --> E You've drawn a tree, but your comments indicate that you want something more general. If you can restrict yourself to trees, you can probably use nested sets (invented by Joe Celko). These are fairly simple to manipulate. A Google search will turn

Re: [sqlite] strftime and the %f option

> ... %f option to strftime ... retu[r]ns '000' ... Is that always true, or just when the date is 'now'? I suspect that 'now' is producing an integer. sqlite> select strftime('%f', 'now'); strftime('%f', 'now') - 52.000 sqlite> select strftime('%f', 'now');

Re: [sqlite] NFS Query Performance

SQLite is not a client-server database. In the worst case, when you query a database file over NFS, all the tables in your query are sent over the network to be processed on your cpu; so if you want to select one row from a table of a million rows, the million rows are retrieved over the network

Re: [sqlite] Correlated Subqueries not working for me

You don't need a correlated subquery: sqlite> select * from tbl; c1 c2 -- -- 1 a 1 a 1 b 1 a 2 b 2 c 2 a 3 c 3

Re: [sqlite] multi threading

> SELECT id, code FROM a WHERE > (code IN > (SELECT code FROM > (SELECT code, COUNT(code) AS c FROM a GROUP BY code) AS aaa > WHERE c > 1) > ) >and ORDER BY code The "and" in your code is illegal, but it is better to use select id, code from a

Re: [sqlite] malformed 2.1 db

> Unable to open database 1.db > now what? any suggestions? There's probably nothing you can do to fix the file. In the past, you could corrupt a database by vacuuming it in one process and then doing an insert in another process. This has been fixed in V3; I don't know if the bug even existed

Re: [sqlite] how to get the INTEGER PRIMARY KEY for the row just inserted?

> begin immediate; insert; select max(id) from blah; commit; Or "select last_insert_rowid() from blah limit 1" Regards

Re: [sqlite] About field sizes...

> What effect has dimension on field size? ... See and . The dimension(s) has no effect on the actual storage. > And why is it valid when you mention "date" ... ? The type in a create statement serves only to

Re: [sqlite] about ROWID after vacuum

> Is it a bug? ... No, it's not a bug. Regards

Re: [sqlite] getting table column names and types programaticly

> Anyone know how I can query the field names and types for a given table? pragma table_info(tablename)

Re: [sqlite] NULL representation/empty value in query results?

> Yeah! I've missed the default option. But is this SQL standard? Yes. > sqlite> insert into deftest (i, s) values (NULL,''); This inserts NULL (not a string) into i and '' into s. When you retrieve that row using tcl, both are represented by empty strings. Default values replace missing

Re: [sqlite] NULL representation/empty value in query results?

> Is there a way to change the NULL representation ... ? No. Tcl has no null value. Usually this is not a problem, but if you really need to distinguish between a missing value and an empty string, you can use default values. sqlite> create table deftest (k integer primary key, ...>

Re: [sqlite] How do I Register on sqlite.org

You can record the ticket number when you originate the ticket and check the status any time with . Or, just bookmark the url after you submit the ticket. Or, you can scan (search) the timeline for the ticket number to see what action has been

Re: [sqlite] Should Unary + Cast to a Number?

> Well, I might as well use the substr() function, then ... Yes, unless you think %m is more expressive than 6,2 or you want to extract more than one component. sqlite> select * from datetest; k d -- --- 1 2005-03-17T16:21:30 2

Re: [sqlite] Should Unary + Cast to a Number?

Sorry, I misunderstood the context. sqlite> select * from datetest; k d -- --- 1 2005-03-17T16:21:30 sqlite> select strftime("%m", substr(d,1,10)||' '||substr(d,-8,8)) ...> from datetest; strftime("%m",

Re: [sqlite] Should Unary + Cast to a Number?

> Yes, I know it supports it without the "T" ... sqlite> select strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S", 'now', 'localtime'); strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S", 'now', 'localtime') - 2005-03-17T16:21:30

Re: [sqlite] Is this possible in SQLite?

> Is there a way to do the following: > > INSERT INTO acopy SELECT * FROM a WHERE id = 1 ( SET id = some value X ); > INSERT INTO bcopy SELECT * FROM b WHERE id = 1 ( SET id = X ); http://www.sqlite.org/lang_insert.html sql-statement ::= INSERT [OR conflict-algorithm] INTO

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