Re: To Duplicate a Row?

[Roger Baklund]

* Jan Steinman 
> Is there a simple way to duplicate one or more rows in a table?
> 
> I tried:
> 
>   INSERT INTO table SELECT * FROM table WHERE criteria
> 
> but apparently INSERT...SELECT cannot function on the same table.

Right, but you can use an intermediate temporary table:

CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE tmp1 SELECT * FROM table WHERE criteria
INSERT INTO table SELECT * from tmp1

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Roger
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