Move row from one table to another?

Question

I have two tables with the same column definitions. I need to move (not copy) a row from one table to another. Before I go off and use INSERT INTO/DELETE (in a transaction

Answer 1

You can try Insert into abc (a,b,c) select(a,b,c) from def

doing above so will insert column a, b,c of def into column a,b,c of abc. after inserting run a delete table, drop table or truncate whatever is your criteria.

sample is:

Begin
    Begin try

         Begin Transaction

               Insert into emp(name, department, salary)                    
                       Select empName,empDepartment,empSal from employees
                       Where  employees.empID = 211

               Truncate table employees

          End Transaction  

    End try

    Begin Catch

         if @@Error > 0
              Rollback Transaction

    End Catch

End