The simple difference between select Into and Insert Into is: --> Select Into don't need existing table. If you want to copy table A data, you just type Select * INTO [tablename] from A. Here, tablename can be existing table or new table will be created …

Since you've already accepted an answer, I wanted to offer just a note: Select Into isn't "for temporary tables", it is for creating a new table based on the structure (and data) of the select portion of the query. For a table X, you can only ever Select Into it a maximum of 1 time*, after that you need to use Insert Into to append any data.

Sep 15, 2015 · SELECT * INTO Sales.MyTable FROM (SELECT TOP(100) * FROM Sales.Customer) AS T You missed the alias of ...

In SQL Server this inserts 100 records, from the Customers table into tmpFerdeen :- SELECT top(100)* INTO tmpFerdeen FROM Customers Is it possible to do a SELECT INTO across a UNION ALL SELECT :-

Apr 6, 2011 · This is re I want to create a table using the results of a query by utilizing SELECT INTO. The syntax. SELECT * INTO Persons_Backup FROM Persons is very close to what I want to achieve, with the difference being that I want the FROM to use a query as source. My situation is a bit more complicated than these simple examples.

Jun 19, 2014 · I am doing a SELECT INTO statement to create a new table from some values in another table. I want to add two extra columns onto the newly created table (pol_eff_dt, pol_exp_dt) and make them all NULL initially (these columns also exist in the source table so they would otherwise pull that data).

Aug 2, 2011 · You can right-click on the database where you want the data to be imported to and select Tasks--> Import data... or alternatively select the database where you want the data to be exported from and select Tasks--> Export data...

Jan 8, 2010 · BUT be careful: "create table" from the other in such a way is not saving Data Types of new table's fields as so as they were in the source table, therefore I would prefer to "create table" with a separate statement & "insert into" statement also to do separately - as was mentioned above: insert into bookmark_backup select * from bookmark;"

SELECT * into #temp1 FROM CurrentMonthTbl you are creating a temp table on the fly. If before that line you had a create table statement, then this Select into statement will fail because the table already exists. If in your case you already have a temp table created, then try replacing: SELECT * into #temp1 FROM CurrentMonthTbl with:

Jun 22, 2016 · Select into statement in a view. Ask Question Asked 8 years, 8 months ago. Modified 8 years, 8 months ago. ...