how to generate a new mysql table based on another table code example
Example 1: mysql select into new table
CREATE TABLE artists_and_works
SELECT artist.name, COUNT(work.artist_id) AS number_of_works
FROM artist LEFT JOIN work ON artist.id = work.artist_id
GROUP BY artist.id;
Example 2: how to create a table based on another table in mysql
Press CTRL+C to copy CREATE TABLE new_tbl [AS] SELECT * FROM orig_tbl;