Select from one database , insert to another - MySQL

Question

I am trying to basicly copy data from one database to another (just some of them) what i need is to:

• take data from old database SELECT name, lastname, email, phone FROM codexworld.person WHERE id="544"

• insert that values to another table INSERT INTO legaljobs.candidates (name, lastname, email, phone) VALUES ( name , lastname, email, phone)

What I did try is:

INSERT INTO legaljobs.candidates (name, lastname, email, phone)
VALUES (SELECT name, lastname, email, phone FROM codexworld.person WHERE id="544")

unfortunately this throw me an error on SQL syntax. Please can somebody advise how can I do this really simple?

Answer 1

Use this query:

INSERT INTO legaljobs.candidates (name, lastname, email, phone)
SELECT name, lastname, email, phone FROM codexworld.person WHERE id="544"