In MySQL, can I copy one row to insert into the same table?

Question

insert into table select * from table where primarykey=1

I just want to copy one row to insert into the same table (i.e., I want to duplicate an ex

Answer 1

Sorry for the necropost but this is what I turned up with google and since I found this helpful but problematic I wanted to contribute an important modification for anyone else who digs this up.

First off, I'm using SQL Server, not MySQL, but I think it should work similarly. I used Leonard Challis' solution because it was simplest and met the need, however there's a problem with this - if you simply take the PK and increment it by 1 then what happens if you've added other records since the row in question was added. I decided it was best to just let the system handle the autoincrementing of the PK, so I did the following:

SELECT * INTO #tmpTable FROM Table WHERE primarykey = 1
--Optionally you can modify one or more fields here like this: 
--UPDATE #tmpTable SET somefield = newData
ALTER TABLE #tmpTable DROP COLUMN TicketUpdateID
INSERT INTO Tickets SELECT * FROM #tmpTable
DROP TABLE #tmpTable

I believe this would work similarly in MySQL, but I can't test this, sorry