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The SQL SELECT INTO Statement

The SELECT INTO statement copies data from one table into a new table.

SELECT INTO Syntax

Copy all columns into a new table:

SELECT *
INTO newtable [IN externaldb]
FROM oldtable
WHERE condition;

Copy only some columns into a new table:

SELECT column1, column2, column3, ...

INTO newtable [IN externaldb]
FROM oldtable
WHERE condition;

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The new table will be created with the column-names and types as defined in the old
table. You can create new column names using the AS clause.

SQL SELECT INTO Examples

The following SQL statement creates a backup copy of Customers:

SELECT * INTO CustomersBackup2017

FROM Customers;

The following SQL statement uses the IN clause to copy the table into a new table in
another database:

SELECT * INTO CustomersBackup2017 IN 'Backup.mdb'

FROM Customers;

The following SQL statement copies only a few columns into a new table:

SELECT CustomerName, ContactName INTO CustomersBackup2017

FROM Customers;

The following SQL statement copies only the German customers into a new table:

SELECT * INTO CustomersGermany

FROM Customers
WHERE Country = 'Germany';

The following SQL statement copies data from more than one table into a new table:
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SELECT Customers.CustomerName, Orders.OrderID
INTO CustomersOrderBackup2017
FROM Customers
LEFT JOIN Orders ON Customers.CustomerID = Orders.CustomerID;

Tip: SELECT INTO can also be used to create a new, empty table using the schema of
another. Just add a WHERE clause that causes the query to return no data:

SELECT * INTO newtable

FROM oldtable
WHERE 1 = 0;

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