对mysql表进行排序，删除它并创建一个已排序的新表

Question

I have a table with the following structure:

country, city, population

The table is alphabetically sorted by city, I want to sort by population desc and create a new table that is sorted this way.

What would be the query to be used in this case?

Answer 1

您可以使用单个查询获得所需的结果：

Create table new_table select * from table order by population desc;

Answer 2

I don't understand why you would need to do this when you can just:

select country, city, population from table order by population desc;

To answer you question:

create table new_table like table;
insert into new_table select * from table order by population desc;