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SQL Cloning Tables

Cloning a Table:

To create a copy of the table. To perform the operations, without affecting the actual table.

Steps for creating a Cloning Table:

Step 1: Empty Table Creation

The syntax for Creating an empty table:

Create table new_table_name Like Old_table;

Example

Code:

Create table Student1 Like Student;

Output:

Table Created

Step 2: Inserting the data into a table

Insert into new_table_name select * from old_table

Example

Code:

Create table Student1 Like Student;

Output:

Table Created

2. Inserting the values of data into a new table i.e, Student1

Code:

Insert into Student1 select * from Student;

Output:

Rows are inserted

Display the records of the new table i.e, Student1

Code:

Select * from Student1;

Output:

Student1 Table

sidsnamesagesgenderPhonenumber
1Abhinav22Male9895678909
2Ramya24Female6687654634
3Preetham21Male9867546453
4Nethranand21Male7675643423
5Naveen23Male6567784532
6Harshita22Female9867546231
7Bindu26Female6563412768
8Nandhini23Female6785674839
9Hashish22Male9453215052
10Rahul21Male9998989898

Display the id’s of all students which are copied into Student1 Table

Code:

Select sid from Student1;

Output:

Student1 Table

sid
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Display the names  of all students which are copied into Student1 Table

Code:

Select sname from Student1;

Output:

Student1 Table

sname
Abhinav
Ramya
Preetham
Nethranand
Naveen
Harshita
Bindu
Nandhini
Hashish
Rahul

Display the age  of all students which are copied into Student1 Table

Code:

Select sage from Student1;

Output:

Student1 Table

sage
22
24
21
21
23
22
26
23
22
21

Display the Phonenumber  of all students which are copied into Student1 Table

Code:

Select Phonenumber from Student1;

Output:

Student1 Table

Phonenumber
9895678909
6687654634
9867546453
7675643423
6567784532
9867546231
6563412768
6785674839
9453215052
9998989898

Display the id and names of all students which are copied into Student1 Table

Code:

Select sid, sname from Student1;

Output:

Student1 Table

sidsname
1Abhinav
2Ramya
3Preetham
4Nethranand
5Naveen
6Harshita
7Bindu
8Nandhini
9Hashish
10Rahul

Delete the copied table i.e, Student1

Delete the row of the table whose id is 3

Code:

delete from Student1 where sid = 3;

Output:

Rows deleted

Display the Student1 table

Code:

Select * from Student1;

Output:

Student1

sidsnamesagesgenderPhonenumber
1Abhinav22Male9895678909
2Ramya24Female6687654634
4Nethranand21Male7675643423
5Naveen23Male6567784532
6Harshita22Female9867546231
7Bindu26Female6563412768
8Nandhini23Female6785674839
9Hashish22Male9453215052
10Rahul21Male9998989898

Delete the total table Student1;

Code:

delete from Student1

Output:

Rows deleted

Display the Student1 table

Code:

Select * from Student1;

Output:

No rows selected

Example 2:

Create or copy of Student table i.e, Student2

Code:

Create table Student2 Like Student;

Output:

Table Created

2. Inserting the values of sname data into a new table i.e, Student2

Code:

Insert into Student2 select sname from Student;

Output:

Rows are inserted

Display the table Student2;

Code:

Select sname from Student2;

Output:

Student2 Table

sname
Abhinav
Ramya
Preetham
Nethranand
Naveen
Harshita
Bindu
Nandhini
Hashish
Rahul

Delete all rows of the Student2 table to insert the id of the Student table

Code:

delete from Student2

Output:

Rows deleted

Display the Student1 table

Code:

Select * from Student2;

Output:

No rows selected

2. Inserting the values of sid data into a new table i.e, Student2

Code:

Insert into Student2 select sid from Student;

Output:

Rows are inserted

Display the table Student2;

Code:

Select sid from Student2;

Output:

Student2 Table

sage
22
24
21
21
23
22
26
23
22
21

Delete all rows of the Student2 table to insert the sgender of the Student table

Code:

delete from Student2

Output:

Rows deleted

Display the Student2 table

Code:

Select * from Student2;

Output:

No rows selected

2. Inserting the values of sgender data into a new table i.e, Student2

Code:

Insert into Student2 select sgender from Student;

Output:

Rows are inserted

Display the table Student2;

Code:

Select sid from Student2;

Output:

Student2 Table

sgender
Male
Female
Male
Male
Female
Female
Female
Female
Male
Male

Delete all rows of the Student2 table to insert the data of the Student table

Code:

delete from Student2

Output:

Rows deleted

Display the Student2 table

Code:

Select * from Student2;

Output:

No rows selected

2. Inserting the total data into new table i.e, Student2

Code:

Insert into Student2 select * from Student;

Output:

Rows are inserted

Display the table Student2;

Code:

Select * from Student2;

Output:

Student2 Table

sidsnamesagesgenderPhonenumber
1Abhinav22Male9895678909
2Ramya24Female6687654634
3Preetham21Male9867546453
4Nethranand21Male7675643423
5Naveen23Male6567784532
6Harshita22Female9867546231
7Bindu26Female6563412768
8Nandhini23Female6785674839
9Hashish22Male9453215052
10Rahul21Male9998989898

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