Question

If I have a table with a row, can I insert into the same table “x” number of times making a copy of everything in the row except a few columns. Something along the lines:

INSERT INTO #tbl
(City, Region, Country)
SELECT 
"Different city", Same region, Same country 5 times.

I am trying to do this without using a loop.

Answer 1

If you have the cities in a separate table, you should be able to do the following:

DECLARE @tbl TABLE (City varchar(20), Region varchar(20), Country varchar(20))
INSERT INTO @tbl
VALUES('Malmo', 'Skane', 'Sweden')

--Borrowing some code from @aF.
DECLARE @cities TABLE (city varchar(20))

INSERT INTO @cities values ('London')
INSERT INTO @cities values ('Lisbon')
INSERT INTO @cities values ('Paris')
INSERT INTO @cities values ('New York')
INSERT INTO @cities values ('Barcelona')

INSERT INTO @tbl
SELECT cities.city, tbl.Region, tbl.Country
FROM (select top 1 Region, Country from @tbl) tbl, @cities cities