如何将表的内容插入另一个表的内容中，但不包括其主键（id）？

Question

I am trying to merge contents of two tables into one (sortedArrivals) using the following code: I do not want the Primary Key id's (here called flightShed.id) to be inserted.

$sql = "INSERT INTO sortedArrivals

                SELECT  flightSched.id,
                        flightSched.timePeriod, 
                        flightSched.depOrArriv, 
                        flightSched.flightNo,
                        flightSched.airline, 
                        flightSched.dest,  
                        flightSched.origin, 
                        flightSched.depature,
                        flightSched.don, 
                        flightSched.arrivalTime,
                        flightSched.status 

                FROM flightSched ";

        if (!$mysqli->query($sql))
          {
            echo $counter . "<br>" ;
            die('Error: ' . $mysqli->error);

          }

However I would like a incrementing Primary Key. When I try inserting the contents of the next table I get: the following error message:

Error: Duplicate entry '9' for key 'PRIMARY'

how do i achieve this? Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

Name the columns you want to insert into

INSERT INTO sortedArrivals (timePeriod, depOrArriv, flightNo, airline, 
                            dest, origin, depature, don, arrivalTime, status)
SELECT timePeriod, 
       depOrArriv, 
       flightNo,
       airline, 
       dest,  
       origin, 
       depature,
       don, 
       arrivalTime,
       status     
FROM flightSched

Answer 2

I do not want the Primary Key id's (here called flightShed.id) to be inserted.

Well then don't select them …

However I would like a incrementing Primary Key.

… but select just NULL instead in their place; a NULL value for an autoindex column will automatically increase the ai counter.