On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 2:37 PM, drum.lu...@gmail.com <drum.lu...@gmail.com>
wrote:
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> I want to import data from table A to table B, but when doing it the
> column "code" on table B has to have some unique random data.
>
> I could use UUID like:
> insert into "TB" ("Id", "Title") values (uuid_generate_v4(), '111');
>
> but I'm doing:
> INSERT INTO tableb (SELECT * FROM TABLEA)
>
> So, how to use UUID using the SELECT above?
>
>
>
By explicitly listing column names instead of using "*" and then instead
of copying a column from A to B you omit the column from A and replace it
with a function call.
INSERT INTO tableb ("Id", "Title")
SELECT uuid_generate_v4(), "Title"
FROM tablea;
David J.
