I have two Windows machines (PC1 & PC2) with PostgreSQL in both. In PC1 I have the table:
And in PC2 I have the same table with the following records:
I want to combine both tables and put them in PC1 to be like (the order is not important):
How can do that? I am using PostgreSQL 9.2 & pgAdminIII. I prefer,if possible, to transfer the data using USB stick rather than a network.
This is what i would have done:
PC1-> pgadmin-> yourtablename -> right click -> backup
File options: format:plain, encoding:your_ecnoding
dump options #1: only data, use column inserts.
this will create the sql query. replace yourtablename with yourtablename2 and excecute it on PC2
delete duplicate records and add data:
delete from yourtablename2 where id in (select id from yourtablename)
insert into yourtablename
select * from yourtablename2
drop table yourtablename2
You could just dump your data out:
pg_dump --data-only dbname > outfile.sql
This will give you a file of all the data. The big issue if you'll have to worry about duplicates when inserting this data back into the other node.
This is how you'd import the data:
psql --set ON_ERROR_STOP=on dbname < outfile.sql
Another solution for you if you continue to need these two databases synced is to use some of PostgreSQL's replication strategies. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/warm-standby.html#STREAMING-REPLICATION
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I need to copy the contents of a table from one database to another database with an identical table which is currently empty.
I plan to dump the table data from the old table and then simply import it to the empty table in the new database. However, I ran into some behavior I don't understand using pg_dump.
I try to dump the table data to a file with the command:
pg_dump -a -t '"my_table"' my_database > /tmp/my_table.sql
This works, but I only get 8 records and there are over 1000 records in the table if I view the table like so:
SELECT * FROM my_table;
So, I tried to use the COPY command to generate a .csv file and I see similar behavior:
COPY my_table TO '/tmp/my_table.csv' WITH CSV HEADER;
I get the same 8 records as pg_dump. But, with:
COPY (SELECT * FROM my_table) TO '/tmp/my_table.csv' WITH CSV HEADER;
I get all 1266 records.
I would assume these commands should all return the same data, but obviously, I'm wrong. What is the difference?
Is it possible that my_table is part of an inheritance hierarchy? I ask because http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/interactive/sql-copy.html#AEN58984 has this:
COPY only deals with the specific table named; it does not copy data to or from child tables. Thus for example COPY table TO shows the same data as SELECT * FROM ONLY table. But COPY (SELECT * FROM table) TO ... can be used to dump all of the data in an inheritance hierarchy.
You should be able to check by running:
SELECT * FROM ONLY my_table;
If that returns just the 8 records then we're on the right track, and we just need to find the child tables (for which How to find child tables that inherit from another table in PSQL will be helpful).
If not then I'm not sure - I wondered if maybe Rules or Triggers were getting involved, but I can't see how at the moment. Still, maybe it gives someone else an idea...?
SELECT *
FROM table1 X, table2 C, table3 M, table4 XSDT
WHERE X.CATID= C.CATID
AND M.MEMID= X.MEMID
AND XSDT.SHIPDISC= X.SHIPDISC;
Say I want to run this query on the HOST db (external) and get its data and copy it to a local DB2 database.
Is there a way to do so in DB2?
I know teradata has fastload... but I'm not sure about db2 or how I would go about doing so.
Please keep in mind I do not have dba-level privileges.
Solution to this: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/db2luw/v9/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.db2.udb.admin.doc%2Fdoc%2Fr0002079.htm
If you want to do this with SQL, then you would use something like the following SQL:
create table schema2.table1;
insert into schema2.table1
select * from schema1.table1;
Since you're joining tables, you would have to define the local table in your CREATE TABLE SQL and list the columns in your INSERT as well as your SELECT.
You can do a DB2 backup of the tables, and restore them to your local schema.
You can do a DB2 export of the tables, and use DB2 import to create them on your local schema.
You can use the DB2 db2move utility.
I have two database in the same schema. My db is in Postgres. I want to copy data of any table (i.e product) of my 1st db into the same table of the 2nd db.
Is it possible to do so using query?
Can't do it as a single SQL command (at least not without dblink), but the easiest way is probably to just use a pipe between two psql's - use COPY on both ends, one sending the data out in CSV format the other one receiving it.
try
insert into db1.table1 select * from db2.table2
It's not possible in vanilla PostgreSQL installation.
If you are able to install contrib modules, use dblink:
INSERT
INTO product
SELECT *
FROM dblink
(
'dbname=sourcedb',
'
SELECT *
FROM product
'
) AS p (id INT, column1 INT, column2 TEXT, …)
This should be run in the target database.
I want to create a DTS Package to pull data from an Oracle table into a SQL2K
table. How can I insert rows that are not already in the SQL2K table and
update rows that already exist in the SQL2K table?
I guess I could truncate and repopulate the entire table or create a
temporary table and then do updates/inserts from the temp table into the
destination table.
Is there any easier way using DTS?
Thanks,
Rokal
You can do that in a DTS package using two data driven query tasks: one for the inserts and one for the updates. The data driven query tasks are a bit of a pain to use, but they work. I've also done this (a "merge") in sql server 2000 with an AS/400 database using a dynamic t-sql. You'd write a t-sql script that outputs psql and runs it againt a linked server to the Oracle database.
UPDATE:
A DTS "data driven query task" will let you insert|update data from the sql server connection in DTS to an oracle server connection in DTS w/o a temp table or a linked server.
Update2; here's some more info on what I mean:
http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mssql/article.php/3315951
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa933507(SQL.80).aspx
Are you keeping the same primary key values?
If you are you have a number of options, some versions of SQL support the MERGE statement which will update or insert just like you require.
Or you can write your own.
Something along the lines of loading all the rows into a staging table in your SQL database and row by row checking for the existence of your primary key in your main SQL table. If the key exists update the row and if not insert it.
Yes, the primary key values in the source and destination will match.
I was hoping to accomplish this task without the use of a temporary (staging) table.
Also, I am using sql server 2000 so the MERGE statement is not available.
Try:
DELETE FROM dbo.WhateverTable WHERE WhateverTableID IN (SELECT WhateverTableID FROM MySource)
It might be pretty slow, use join instead:
Delete a
from firstTable a join secondTable b on a.id = b.id
There's no way with TSQL to do a INSERT or UPDATE in the same statement, but you could very easily do it in two statements (as you mentioned above).
Statement 1:
DELETE FROM dbo.WhateverTable
WHERE WhateverTableID IN (SELECT WhateverTableID FROM MySource)
Statement 2:
INSERT INTO dbo.WhateverTable
SELECT * FROM MySource
Also, is there any reason why you don't want to use a temp table?
What is the SQL command to copy a table from one database to another database?
I am using MySQL and I have two databases x and y. Suppose I have a table in x called a and I need to copy that table to y database.
Sorry if the question is too novice.
Thanks.
If the target table doesn't exist....
CREATE TABLE dest_table AS (SELECT * FROM source_table);
If the target table does exist
INSERT INTO dest_table (SELECT * FROM source_table);
Caveat: Only tested in Oracle
If your two database are separated, the simplest thing to do would be to create a dump of your table and to load it into the second database. Refer to your database manual to see how a dump can be performed.
Otherwise you can use the following syntax (for MySQL)
INSERT INTO database_b.table (SELECT * FROM database_a.table)
Since your scenario involves two different databases, the correct query should be...
INSERT INTO Y..dest_table (SELECT * FROM source_table);
Query assumes, you are running it using X database.
If you just want to copy the contents, you might be looking for select into:
http://www.w3schools.com/Sql/sql_select_into.asp. This will not create an identical copy though, it will just copy every row from one table to another.
At the command line
mysqldump somedb sometable -u user -p | mysql otherdb -u user -p
then type both passwords.
This works even if they are on different hosts (just add the -h parameter as usual), which you can't do with insert select.
Be careful not to accidentally pipe into the wrong db or you will end up dropping the sometable table in that db! (The dump will start with 'drop table sometable').
insert blah from select suggested by others is good for copying the data under mysql.
If you want to copy the table structure you might want to use the show create table Tablename; statement.