copying from one table to another

[cmrhema]

Hi,

I have two tables emp and empcheck1 in the same database

emp consits 50 records
and empcheck1 consists of 25 records

Both the tables have the same design, here empid is the unique key

I want to insert all the datas from emp1 to empcheck1 in such a way that it should not rewrite or duplicate the original 25 records

Whatever 25 records are there in empcheck1 already exists in emp

So i want the rest of the 25 odd records to be copied to empcheck1 from emp


Can anyone let me know how to do that
i tried out
insert into empcheck1 select * from emp where emp.empid<>empc heck1.empid

But it gave me an error

[deepuv04]

Hi,

I have two tables emp and empcheck1 in the same database

emp consits 50 records
and empcheck1 consists of 25 records

Both the tables have the same design, here empid is the unique key

I want to insert all the datas from emp1 to empcheck1 in such a way that it should not rewrite or duplicate the original 25 records

Whatever 25 records are there in empcheck1 already exists in emp

So i want the rest of the 25 odd records to be copied to empcheck1 from emp


Can anyone let me know how to do that
i tried out
insert into empcheck1 select * from emp where emp.empid<>empc heck1.empid

But it gave me an error

hi

try the following query
[code=sql]
insert into empcheck1(colum n1,column2,...)
select column1,column2 ,... from emp
where emp.empid not in (select empid from empcheck1)

[/code]
thanks