如何将数据从表1插入表2？

Question

Table table1 has got 500,000 rows. I want insert only 200,000 of them to table2 from table1 , how do I do it?

Answer 1

INSERT
INTO    table2
SELECT  *
FROM    table1
ORDER BY
        id -- or whatever
LIMIT 200000

Answer 2

INSERT INTO table2
SELECT **TOP 200000** * FROM table1 ORDER BY *<primary key>*