How do I make a SQL table from the result of another select?

Question

I'm asking for MySQL specifically, but the answer might work for a lot of SQL databases.

If I have a select statement like this:

select * from users where age > 5;

How do I assign that to a new table?

Answer 1

insert into old_farts
select * from users where age > 5;

Here's the reference page.

Answer 2

At least in Oracle you can do something like

CREATE TABLE SOME_KIDS AS
  SELECT * FROM USERS WHERE AGE > 5;

Answer 3

You need to use the INSERT...SELECT syntax -

INSERT INTO NewTable SELECT * FROM Users WHERE AGE > 5

(Edited to add: In SQL that would be SELECT * INTO NewTable FROM Users WHERE AGE > 5 )

Answer 4

It sounds like what you actually want is a view .

CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW users_over_five AS (SELECT * FROM users WHERE age > 5);

Unless you want a non-normalized database , or are just moving data around for maintenance, a view is the way to go.