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generate insert statement from table

bryan van ritter

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April 6, 2014 at 1:42 pm

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I have a table with the following columns:
customnr number wk1 wk2 wk3 wk4
1200 20 5 6 7 8
1300 10 4 3 4 6
now i want to generate an insert statement
which loops through the table and does this:
insert into test (customnr,number,wk1,columname) values ('1200','20','5','columname (wk1)')
insert into test (customnr,number,wk2,columname) values ('1200','20','6','columname (wk2)')
insert into test (customnr,number,wk3,columname) values ('1200','20','7','columname (wk3)')
insert into test (customnr,number,wk4,columname) values ('1200','20','8','columname (wk4)')
hope someone can help me, so with columname i mean a select FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
kind regards,
Bryan

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J Livingston SQL SSC Guru Points: 51550 More actions · Answer 1

this may help you

http://www.connectsql.com/2010/11/sql-server-management-studio-generate.html

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bryan van ritter SSCrazy Points: 2270 More actions · Answer 2

Hi

Thanks for the answer but i do know about this feauture,

But this is not what i am looking for. The table where i want to

Insert the records in should finally look something like this:

Custnr wk value

12000 wk1 3

14000. Wk2. 4

So something like pivoting

Bryan

ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 3

What do you want your output table to look like, using the sample data you've provided?

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Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 4

How do you differentiate customnr & number from wk1, wk2, wk3, etc.?

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bryan van ritter (4/6/2014)
I have a table with the following columns:
customnr number wk1 wk2 wk3 wk4
1200 20 5 6 7 8
1300 10 4 3 4 6
now i want to generate an insert statement
which loops through the table and does this:
insert into test (customnr,number,wk1,columname) values ('1200','20','5','columname (wk1)')
insert into test (customnr,number,wk2,columname) values ('1200','20','6','columname (wk2)')
insert into test (customnr,number,wk3,columname) values ('1200','20','7','columname (wk3)')
insert into test (customnr,number,wk4,columname) values ('1200','20','8','columname (wk4)')
hope someone can help me, so with columname i mean a select FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
kind regards,
Bryan

This will do the same thing:

INSERT INTO Test (customnr,number,wk1,columname)

select customnr, number, wk1, 'columname (wk1)'

FROM Table1

INSERT INTO Test (customnr,number,wk1,columname)

select customnr, number, wk2, 'columname (wk2)'

FROM Table1

INSERT INTO Test (customnr,number,wk1,columname)

select customnr, number, wk3, 'columname (wk3)'

FROM Table1

INSERT INTO Test (customnr,number,wk1,columname)

select customnr, number, wk4, 'columname (wk4)'

FROM Table1

Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 6

djj (4/7/2014)
This will do the same thing:

Why would you want to scan the table four times when you can do it just once?

CREATE TABLE #Test( customnr int, number int, wk int, columnname varchar(128));

CREATE TABLE #Source( customnr int, number int, wk1 int, wk2 int, wk3 int, wk4 int);

INSERT #Source VALUES( 1200, 20, 5, 6, 7, 8);

INSERT #Source VALUES( 1300, 10, 4, 3, 4, 6);

INSERT #Test

SELECT customnr,

number,

wk,

columnname

FROM #Source

CROSS APPLY(VALUES(wk1, 'columnname(wk1)'),

(wk2, 'columnname(wk2)'),

(wk3, 'columnname(wk3)'),

(wk4, 'columnname(wk4)'))u(wk, columnname)

SELECT *

FROM #Test

GO

DROP TABLE #Test

DROP TABLE #Source

Luis C.
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djj SSCoach Points: 18831 More actions · Answer 7

Why would you want to scan the table four times when you can do it just once?

Because I forget about CROSSAPPLY as I have not used it as often as I should.:-)

Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 8

djj (4/7/2014)
Why would you want to scan the table four times when you can do it just once?
Because I forget about CROSSAPPLY as I have not used it as often as I should.:-)

Been there 😉

Luis C.
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djj (4/7/2014)
Why would you want to scan the table four times when you can do it just once?
Because I forget about CROSSAPPLY as I have not used it as often as I should.:-)

Dwain's article[/url] will encourage you to use it more 😉

^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}

For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

bryan van ritter SSCrazy Points: 2270 More actions · Answer 10

Hi guys,

thanx for all your response, but i noticed that i have not made it clear enough. below you see two tables. table dummy is the situation

from where i want to start. this data has been read from an excel sheet into a sql server table. the second table is what i want it

actually to be. this is just a fraction of the data. so what do i want. i want to build a procedure which loops through table one

and print for each record a insert statement so i can insert the records into table two. i hope i made it clear like this. thanx in advance for

all your help.

TABLE DUMMY

number year product1product2 product3 <== column names

1100 2011 1 5 9

1100 2012 2 6 10

1200 2013 3 7 11

1200 2014 4 8 12

TABLE ORIGINAL

numberyeardescription value

11002011 product1 1

11002011 product2 5

11002011 product3 9

11002012 product1 2

11002012 product2 6

11002012 product2 10

12002013 product1 3

12002013 product2 7

12002013 product3 11

12002014 product1 4

12002014 product2 8

12002014 product3 12

ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 11

bryan van ritter (4/12/2014)
i want to build a procedure which loops through table one
and print for each record a insert statement so i can insert the records into table two.

Wouldn't this be easier?

INSERT INTO TABLE2 (number, [year], [description], value)

SELECT number, [year], x.[description], x.value

FROM #DUMMY d

CROSS APPLY (VALUES

('product1', product1),

('product2', product2),

('product3', product3)

) x ([description], value)

^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}

For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

bryan van ritter SSCrazy Points: 2270 More actions · Answer 12

Hi Chris,

thanx for your answer helped me a lot.

regards,

bryan