Question

I imported data from MS-Access into a SQL database using the import/export wizard.
Now, I have database called

TestDatabase – With a Table called AccessTable – It has 10 columns.

on the same SQL Server, I have another database called SampleDatabase with a table called
SampleTable

I want to copy [TESTDATABASE].[dbo].[AccessTable] to [SampleDatabase].[dbo].[SampleTable]

The structure of this table is slightly different. The first two columns don’t match but the rest of it match and I want to copy only those matched column.

How to achieve this?

In short: I want 1000 rows from first database insert into second database table.

I am using SQL Server 2008 express for the time being.

Answer 1

You can run this query:

INSERT INTO [SampleDatabase].[dbo].[SampleTable] (
    field1, field2, field3, field4
)
SELECT field1, field2, field3, field4
FROM [TESTDATABASE].[dbo].[AccessTable];