Creating a new table from two or more existing tables (MySQL)

Question

Question:

Is it possible to create a table in mySQL from two or more existing tables?

Details:

Can I create a table like so:

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Answer 1

How about:

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS USER SELECT * FROM USERNAME, USERAGE WHERE FALSE;

You can furthermore specify any indexes you require in the new table prior to the SELECT keyword, or rename columns/select some subset as usual on the right of SELECT:

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS USER (PRIMARY KEY(UNAME)) SELECT NAME AS UNAME -- etc

If you want to combine all columns of the same name, just use NATURAL JOINs in your SELECT.

See CREATE TABLE ... SELECT for more information.