Dear Oláh, > "SELECT * INTO [temptablename] FROM [sourcetablename] WHERE id is null"
In MySQL, you simply do: CREATE TABLE temptable SELECT * FROM sourcetable LIMIT 0 That's even simpler, 100% reliable and FAST! :) HTH! -- Stefan Hinz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Geschäftsführer / CEO iConnect GmbH <http://iConnect.de> Heesestr. 6, 12169 Berlin (Germany) Tel: +49 30 7970948-0 Fax: +49 30 7970948-3 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Oláh Barnabás" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 1:44 PM Subject: Table copy problem > Hello! > > I want to copy one table's structure to another (non existing) table, but i > didn't find any command or example to do that. Exactly, the situation is the > following: > A dynamic database structure has tables. We want to copy any of tha tables > (while we don't know that table's structure) to another template table, > which isn't exist. So, that looks like on MsSQL: > > "SELECT * INTO [temptablename] FROM [sourcetablename] WHERE id is null" > > and the SQL server creates a [temptablename] table with no records (or we > hope that ;) ) > But we can't do this on MySQL server, 'cause MySQL isn't know the > "SELECT...INTO" syntax, but in the INSERT...INTO syntax, we must count the > columns, which we wnat to create. (it's not good for me...) > > Can somebody solve this problem? Or it's willn't work for the next version? > (uhh-uhh, thats the worst...) > > Thanx, > Barnabas Olah > Cegedim Hungary > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
