MySQL - duplicate table

In this article, we would like to show you how to duplicate table in MySQL.

Quick solution:

CREATE TABLE `new_table` AS SELECT * FROM `old_table`;

Note:

This will copy only the data from old_table. If you want to copy the indexes too go to this article: MySQL - duplicate table with indexes and data.

Practical example

To show how to duplicate table, we will use the following table:

Note:

At the end of this article you can find database preparation SQL queries.

Example

In this example, we will create a copy of users table named users_copy.

Query:

CREATE TABLE `users_copy` AS SELECT * FROM `users`;

Output:

Database preparation

create_tables.sql file:

CREATE TABLE `users` (
	`id` INT(10) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
	`name` VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
	`surname` VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
	`email` VARCHAR(50),
	PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
);

insert_data.sql file:

INSERT INTO `users`
	( `name`, `surname`, `email`)
VALUES
	('John', 'Stewart', 'john@email.com'),
	('Chris', 'Brown', 'chris@email.com'),
	('Kate', 'Lewis', 'kate@email.com'),
	('Ailisa', 'Gomez', 'ailisa@email.com'),
	('Gwendolyn', 'James', 'gwen@email.com'),
	('Simon', 'Collins', 'simon@email.com'),
	('Taylor', 'Martin', 'taylor@email.com'),
	('Andrew', 'Thompson', 'andrew@email.com');

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