Is it possible to move a record from one table to another using a single SQL statement?

Question

I need a query to move a record from one table to another without using multiple statements?

Answer 1

Please note that the time delay between insert-select and delete can cause you to delete to much.

For a safe route you could use an update field:

update old_table set move_flag=1 where your_criteria
insert into ... select from ... where move_flag = 1
delete from old_table where move_flag=1

Or use a transaction which locks the old_table so no data can be added between insert... select and delete.