Easiest way to copy data from one table to another table?

Question

After grabbing result, what is the easiest way to grab certain fields from #result and put them into a different table (the data types might not match, which will require some conversions).

select * into #result from table1

Can I do a "SELECT * INTO" or maybe a cursor to loop through #result and insert it into the destination table? Is there an even better way?

Answer 1

One way (if supported by the database in question) is to use an INSERT statement with a SELECT clause. For example:

INSERT INTO targettable (val1, val2) 
       SELECT someval1, someval2 FROM sourcetable