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MySQL - duplicate table
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In this article, we would like to show you how to duplicate table in MySQL.
Quick solution:
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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.
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.
In this example, we will create a copy of users table named users_copy.
Query:
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CREATE TABLE `users_copy` AS SELECT * FROM `users`;Output:
create_tables.sql file:
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CREATE TABLE `users` (2
`id` INT(10) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,3
`name` VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,4
`surname` VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,5
`email` VARCHAR(50),6
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)7
);insert_data.sql file:
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INSERT INTO `users`2
( `name`, `surname`, `email`)3
VALUES4
('John', 'Stewart', 'john@email.com'),5
('Chris', 'Brown', 'chris@email.com'),6
('Kate', 'Lewis', 'kate@email.com'),7
('Ailisa', 'Gomez', 'ailisa@email.com'),8
('Gwendolyn', 'James', 'gwen@email.com'),9
('Simon', 'Collins', 'simon@email.com'),10
('Taylor', 'Martin', 'taylor@email.com'),11
('Andrew', 'Thompson', 'andrew@email.com');