SQL : INSERT SELECT

The INSERT SELECT is an INSERT statement that inserts value using a SELECT statement. The following query will insert a new customer using existing record.

INSERT INTO [dbo].[Customers]
           ([CustomerID],
     [CompanyName]
           ,[ContactName]
           ,[ContactTitle]
           ,[Address]
           ,[City]
           ,[Region]
           ,[PostalCode]
           ,[Country]
           ,[Phone]
           ,[Fax])
   SELECT   'OPDS',
      CompanyName,
      ContactName,
      ContactTitle,
      Address,
      City,
      Region,
      PostalCode,
      Country,
      Phone,
      Fax
FROM Customers
WHERE CustomerID = 'ALFKI'

Since the CustomerID field cannot be null we have to assign the value 'OPDS' as the new CustomerID for the new customer. The rest of the column values are selected from the Customer with customer id 'ALFKI'

Here is the new record as well as the 'ALFKI' customer for comparison.