Not able to create a new table new_table from t1 by comparing primary key values of another table t2 in MYSQL

Question

I am trying to create a new table new_table from t1 by comparing primary key values of another table t2

ie, 1) created table new_table

  2) gave the query

insert into new_table select a.* from t1 as a join t2 as b on a.primary_key=b.primary_key.

but after the execution i got a message ( 0 rows affected )

please specify the reason for this.

Answer 1

I'd have to assume that no matching values exist in the tables' respective primary key columns.

mysql> create database testing;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)

mysql> use testing;
Reading table information for completion of table and column names
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Database changed

mysql> create table foo (id int);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> create table bar (id int);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> create table baz (id int);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> insert into foo values (1), (2), (3);
Query OK, 3 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Records: 3  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

mysql> insert into bar values (4), (5), (6);
Query OK, 3 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Records: 3  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

mysql> insert into baz select a.* from foo a join bar b on a.id = b.id;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Records: 0  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

mysql> insert into bar values (1), (2);
Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Records: 2  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

mysql> insert into baz select a.* from foo a join bar b on a.id = b.id;
Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Records: 2  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

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