Thanks TIm On 13 August 2015 at 15:31, Tim Streater <tim at clothears.org.uk> wrote:
> On 13 Aug 2015 at 11:34, Chris Parsonson <z2668856 at gmail.com> wrote: > > > Has anybody ever used this ATTTACH command? > > Here's what I do to move a row from one database to another (same > table/column defs). I have to go via a temporary db (I use the :memory: > one) since the primary key needs a new value in the second db. The original > row in question has for example a value of 27 for its primary key (absid) > in the following: > > <connect to first database> > attach database ':memory:' as mem; > create table mem.messages as select * from main.messages where absid=27; > update mem.messages set absid=null; > attach database '/path/to/second/db' as dst; > insert into dst.messages select * from mem.messages; > delete from main.messages where absid=27; > <close database connection> > > I developed this approach (for my use case) using the sqlite3 CLI program > to ensure the general approach worked before trying it with my programming > language (PHP). You might benefit from doing the same. > > -- > Cheers -- Tim > > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users at mailinglists.sqlite.org > http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > > -- Chris Parsonson 083 777 9261
