Tuesday, June 17, 2008

SQL Server create table as Syntax Oracle

SQL server syntax for creating a table from a query

select * into new_table from
(select col1, col2 from old_tab1,old_tab2 where 1=1) a


Keep in mind that the alias needs to be specified. SQL Server is not that forgiving.


I find the Oracle syntax much intuitive:
create table new_table
as
select * from ....

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