Question

How can I delete the first 18 rows (sorted by FIELD1) from the “pippo” table, and then insert THE SAME 18 rows in another clone-table called minnie?

The following code extracts the first 18 rows ordering by FIELD1, and then deletes them:

WITH  q AS
        (
        SELECT TOP 18 *
        FROM    pippo
        ORDER BY FIELD1 ASC /* You may want to add ORDER BY here */
        )
DELETE
FROM    q

How can I insert the same 18 rows into the minnie table, before deleting them?

Thank you in advance for your kind help.

Answer 1

Use

WITH  q AS
        (
        SELECT TOP 18 *
        FROM    pippo
        ORDER BY FIELD1 ASC /* You may want to add ORDER BY here */
        )
DELETE
FROM    q
OUTPUT DELETED.* INTO TableNew