Really simple question about looping through a querry

Could you just explain why you need to loop through each one and then copy each row to a new table?

The reason I ask this is that you can make the copy without doing the loop:
Dim dt as DataTable = rs.Tables(0).Copy

I am inserting each row in a temp table into a diferent live table. The table structures are different so I assumed I have to loop through each row and then insert the currect row into the table

Ah, yes, you do.  You can use the method that the_bachelor mentioned

bachelor,

How do I reference the data fields from the querry in the loop. Please give me a example of the insertsql statement.

I do now how to do a insert I jjust need a example of how to reference the var from the recordset at the current row

You can use row("ColumnName") replacing ColumnName with whatever the columns name is.

sure i tried to accomplish that on my 1st post
you can build a sql statement like the folowing inside the for loop

Dim sSql as String = "INSERT INTO myNewTable (col1, col2) VALUES ('" & row("columnName1").ToString & "', " '" & row("ColumnName2").ToString & "')"

Keep in mind that with this method, for every row in the temp table, you are executing a separate insert statement and for, say 1000 rows, that's 1000 separate db calls from your code...

If your goal is simply to update one table with data from another table, you can do it all in sql with something like:
INSERT INTO RealTable(RealField1,RealField2,RealField3,RealField4,RealField5)
SELECT description,unitPrice,extendedAmount,vehicleNumber,qty from imtbl_templineitem

Which will insert into "RealTable" a row for every row that the select query returns...same as coding a row by row insert through code except exponentially more efficient because the database server is handling it....

While it would best be done in a stored procedure...you can probably do the below:

Dim StrSQL As String = "INSERT INTO RealTable(RealField1,RealField2,RealField3,RealField4,RealField5) SELECT description,unitPrice,extendedAmount,vehicleNumber,qty from imtbl_templineitem" 
           Using MyConn As New SqlConnection("myconnectionstring")
                MyConn.Open()
                Dim MyTrans As SqlTransaction = MyConn.BeginTransaction
                Dim MyCmd As New SqlCommand(StrSQL, MyConn, MyTrans)
                Try
                    MyCmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
                    MyTrans.Commit()
                Catch ex As Exception
                    MyTrans.Rollback()
                Finally
                    If MyConn.State = ConnectionState.Open Then MyConn.Close()
                End Try
            End Using

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samtran0331 I like your method but I have already used the simple soultion. I will post a question in a min asking how to do this in one sql statment because I think it is only fair you sould get points for giveing me such a nice soultion.

Sorry, you accepted the wrong person for the solution.  Hopefully you can undo that.

Sorry You put that in your comments in your first soultion.  I should have read them.

I asked that the points for this soultion would go to the _bachelor