You can use INSERT INTO SELECT FROM command

INSERT INTO table2 SELECT * FROM table1

>Thought I would point this directly at you since you will probably be the one to answer <s>
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>I understand how to create a script to create a table. But how would I create a script to have insert commands to populate a table with data existing in a current table.
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>I am working on a project with other developers. I periodically have to restore a backup of the common database we are using, but I have sometimes dummied up test data in one of the tables in my local installation. I would like to create a sql script that does inserts of this data into the same table once it has been restored from backup ( where it is probably empty )
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>Hope the question makes sense. I am sure there is some easy way to accomplish this, but short of writing out the script manually the solution is eluding me
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>TIA