How to duplicate a table with keys & other structure features retained in MySQL?
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Solution 1
duplicating a table from another table (with indexing and structure)cannot be done with a single query you will need need 2 queries.
1) To create Duplicate table.
CREATE TABLE Table2 LIKE Table1;
This will create an exact copy of the table.
2) Fill in the Duplicate table with values from original table.
INSERT INTO Table2 SELECT * from Table1;
will fill Table2 with all the records fom Table1
Solution 2
you can do it in this query
CREATE TABLE a LIKE b
after you can insert
INSERT INTO a SELECT * FROM b
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jondinham almost 2 years
How to duplicate a table with keys & other structure features retained? including primary key, foreign keys, and indexes.
Can this be done with a single MySQL query?
I'm using "create table newtable as select..." but this method makes all keys & indexes lost.