Copy value from one table to another

Question

I'm trying to do SQL query to my DB. It must search for a row with the username in table1 and copy its id to a column in table2.
Example:
Search for user "John" in table1 and copy John's id to table2

table1:

id | username | points

table2:

id | user_id

I'm actually tried this:

INSERT INTO table2(table2.user_id) SELECT table1.id WHERE table1.username = "John";

but it isn't working. I don't have an idea how to do that. Could you help me? Thanks.

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Answer 1

Can you try this?

INSERT INTO table2 (user_id) SELECT t1.id FROM  table1 AS t1 WHERE  t1.username = 'John';

Note : This will work if column id on table1 is an identity (running number).

Copy value from one table to another

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