Question

I have 2 different tables but the columns are named slightly differently.
I want to take information from 1 table and put it into the other table. I need the info from table 1 put into table 2 only when the “info field” in table 1 is not null. Table 2 has a unique id anytime something is created, so anything inserted needs to get the next available id number.

Table 1

category
clientLastName
clientFirstName
incidentDescription
info field is not null then insert all fields into table 2

Table 2

*need a unique id assigned
client_last_name
client_first_name
taskDescription
category

Answer 1

This should work. You don’t need to worry about the identify field in Table2.

INSERT INTO Table2
 (client_last_name, client_first_name, taskDescription, category)
 (SELECT clientLastName, clientFirstName, incidentDescription, category
  FROM Table1
  WHERE info_field IS NOT NULL)