SQL INTO giving error as INTO table - undefined

Question

I am trying to copy 1 table selected columns INTO 2nd table selected columns, using this:

$sql = "SELECT (p.col1, p.col2)
INTO tblColors(b1,b2)
FROM tblPuppies as p
WHERE p.col3=1
";

But its giving me error : Undefined variable tblColors. Strange to me. Any guesses plz, where m going wrong ?? Thanks tons in Advance.

Answer 1

Just use

INSERT INTO tblColors (b1, b2)
SELECT col1, col2 FROM tblPuppies WHERE b3 = 1

Answer 2

Try this

    INSERT INTO destination_table ( 
      Field_1, 
      Field_2, 
      Field_3) 
SELECT Field_1, 
      Field_2, 
      Field_3 
      FROM source_table;

Answer 3

You are using the incorrect SQL for doing this. The syntax you used works for T-SQL (or MS-SQL). But you are working on MySQL which has different syntax. You have update the statement as follows:

$sql = "INSERT INTO tblColors (b1, b2)
SELECT p.col1, p.col2 FROM tblPuppies AS p WHERE b3 = 1";