Coying data from one table to another in the same SQL 2005 Server

Having a little bit of problem copying data from a new table to an old table.
First I tried:
INSERT INTO [IMArchive].[dbo].[messages] SELECT * FROM
[LcsLog].[dbo].[messages]
And got this error:
Msg 8101, Level 16, State 1, Line 2
An explicit value for the identity column in table 'IMArchive.dbo.messages'
can only be specified when a column list is used and IDENTITY_INSERT is ON.
Then I tried:
SET IDENTITY_INSERT [IMArchive].[dbo].[messages] ON
INSERT INTO [IMArchive].[dbo].[messages] SELECT * FROM
[LcsLog].[dbo].[messages]
An I got this error:
Msg 8101, Level 16, State 1, Line 3
An explicit value for the identity column in table 'IMArchive.dbo.messages'
can only be specified when a column list is used and IDENTITY_INSERT is ON
All I'm trying to do to is to copy data from 'messages' table. Any ideas
what I'm doing wrong? Thanks in advance...
The problem is SELECT *. Just use INSERT INTO and list all columns excluding
the IDENTITY column, like this:
INSERT INTO [IMArchive].[dbo].[messages]
(<column_list>)
SELECT <column_list>
FROM [LcsLog].[dbo].[messages]
That way the IDENTITY column will get populated automatically.
If you want to copy the IDENTITY column, then add it to the <column_list>
and use SET IDENTITY_INSERT ON.
HTH,
Plamen Ratchev
http://www.SQLStudio.com
|||Thank you for your help. I tried below and got "Msg 102, Level 15, State 1,
Line 13
Incorrect syntax near ','." error. What am I missing?
INSERT INTO [IMArchive].[dbo].[messages]
([date]
,[fromid]
,[toid]
,[cs_call_id]
,[contenttypeid]
,[computerid]
,[body]
,[reserved1]
,[reserved2])
SELECT ([date]
,[fromid]
,[toid]
,[cs_call_id]
,[contenttypeid]
,[computerid]
,[body]
,[reserved1]
,[reserved2])
FROM [LcsLog].[dbo].[messages]
"Plamen Ratchev" wrote:

> The problem is SELECT *. Just use INSERT INTO and list all columns excluding
> the IDENTITY column, like this:
> INSERT INTO [IMArchive].[dbo].[messages]
> (<column_list>)
> SELECT <column_list>
> FROM [LcsLog].[dbo].[messages]
> That way the IDENTITY column will get populated automatically.
> If you want to copy the IDENTITY column, then add it to the <column_list>
> and use SET IDENTITY_INSERT ON.
> HTH,
> Plamen Ratchev
> http://www.SQLStudio.com
>
>
|||artunc,
lose the parentheses around your column list in your select statement
-st
|||Try this:
INSERT INTO [IMArchive].[dbo].[messages]
([date]
,[fromid]
,[toid]
,[cs_call_id]
,[contenttypeid]
,[computerid]
,[body]
,[reserved1]
,[reserved2])
SELECT
[date]
,[fromid]
,[toid]
,[cs_call_id]
,[contenttypeid]
,[computerid]
,[body]
,[reserved1]
,[reserved2]
FROM [LcsLog].[dbo].[messages]
HTH,
Plamen Ratchev
http://www.SQLStudio.com
|||That worked, thank you. Now I'm getting a different error...
Msg 547, Level 16, State 0, Line 1
The INSERT statement conflicted with the FOREIGN KEY constraint
"FK_messages_1". The conflict occurred in database "LcsLog", table
"dbo.users", column 'userid'.
The statement has been terminated.
"whobut" wrote:

> artunc,
> lose the parentheses around your column list in your select statement
> -st
>
>
|||Is this from the same insert? The error indicates violation of FOREIGN KEY
constraint. You can add a WHERE filter to select only rows that do not
violate the constraint. Another option is to disable the FOREIGN KEY (see
ALTER TABLE ... NOCHECK CONSTRAINT ...), but that can lead to breaking the
data integrity.
Posting the create table statements with all constraints will help to get
better help.
HTH,
Plamen Ratchev
http://www.SQLStudio.com
|||That worked, thank you. Now I'm getting this errror:
Msg 547, Level 16, State 0, Line 1
The INSERT statement conflicted with the FOREIGN KEY constraint
"FK_messages_1". The conflict occurred in database "LcsLog", table
"dbo.users", column 'userid'.
The statement has been terminated.
"whobut" wrote:

> artunc,
> lose the parentheses around your column list in your select statement
> -st
>
>