create table table2 select * from table1
Thanks
Steve
At 02:09 PM 11/20/2002 -0500, you wrote:
On 20 Nov 2002, at 12:54, Steve Buehler wrote: > What I am trying to do is to copy a mysql table to a new > table name in a PHP script.Use the query "SHOW CREATE TABLE $from_table" to get the SQL statement for creating the table, then do $create_table_sql = preg_replace( '/^CREATE TABLE `[^`]+`/', "CREATE TABLE $to_table", $create_table_sql ); to modify the SQL to create the new table. Execute the query to create the empty table. To fill it, simply do INSERT INTO $to_table SELECT * FROM $from_table -- Keith C. Ivey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tobacco Documents Online http://tobaccodocuments.org Phone 202-667-6653 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ow3
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