insert data from one table to another in mysql

mysql insert
deepu sankar picture deepu sankar · Feb 16, 2013 · Viewed 168.7k times · Source

i want to read all data from one table and insert some data in to another table. my query is 

  INSERT INTO mt_magazine_subscription ( 
      magazine_subscription_id, 
      subscription_name, 
      magazine_id, 
      status ) 
  VALUES ( 
      (SELECT magazine_subscription_id, 
              subscription_name, 
              magazine_id 
       FROM tbl_magazine_subscription 
       ORDER BY magazine_subscription_id ASC), '1')

but i got an error that 

  #1136 - Column count doesn't match value count at row 1

please help me.

Answer

Gustav Bertram picture Gustav Bertram · Feb 16, 2013

You can use INSERT...SELECT syntax. Note that you can quote '1' directly in the SELECT part.

INSERT INTO mt_magazine_subscription ( 
      magazine_subscription_id, 
      subscription_name, 
      magazine_id, 
      status ) 
SELECT magazine_subscription_id, 
       subscription_name, 
       magazine_id, 
       '1'
FROM tbl_magazine_subscription
ORDER BY magazine_subscription_id ASC

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