SQL SELECT INTO Statement

The SQL SELECT INTO statement can be used to insert the data into SQL Server tables. The SELECT INTO method first creates a new table and then it will insert the selected rows by the SQL SELECT Statement into that new table.

TIP: If we haven’t created the destination table then SELECT INTO statement can be very useful to insert the data into destination table. If you have existing table then use  INSERT INTO SELECT Statement.

SQL SELECT INTO Statement Syntax

The SELECT INTO Statement in SQL Server can be written as:

• Columns: It allows us to choose the number of columns from the tables. It may be One or more.
• New Table: Please specify the fully qualifies Unique Table name
• Source: One or more tables present in the Database. SQL JOINs are used to join multiple table.

In this article we will show you, How to write SELECT INTO statement in SQL Server 2014. From the below screenshot you can observe that, We don’t have any Department or Employee table in the [SQL Server Tutorials] and Our task is to Select the Data present that tables in the [SQLTEST] database and insert into [SQL Server Tutorials] Database using SQL SELECT INTO Statement.

Data inside the Employee Table is

Data inside the Department Table is

SQL SELECT INTO Statement – Inserting All Columns

In this example, We are going to select all the Columns present in the Department table and insert them into [SQL Server Tutorials] Database.

T-SQL CODE

OR We can use the asterisk (*) as well. But it is not good practice to use asterisk so always provide the column names.

Above T-SQL query will create new table called  [Department] in the [SQL Server Tutorials] Database and insert all the records from the source data.

OUTPUT

Let us see whether the table is created with data in the destination database or not

SQL SELECT INTO Statement – Insert Few Columns

In this example, We are going to select few Columns present in the Employee table and insert them into [SQL Server Tutorials] Database. Here we are going to restrict the rows  as well using the SQL WHERE Clause.

T-SQL CODE

Above T-SQL query will create new table called  [Employee] in the [SQL Server Tutorials] Database and insert [FirstName], [LastName] and [DepartID] columns from the source data where [DepartID] value is equal to 1.

OUTPUT

Let us see whether the table is created with data in the destination database or not

SQL SELECT INTO – Insert Data from Multiple Tables

In this example, We are going to select Columns present in both the Employee table and Department table then, insert them into [SQL Server Tutorials] Database. Here we are using the SQL INNER JOIN for joining the two tables using id column.

T-SQL CODE

OUTPUT

Let us see whether the table is created with data in the destination database or not

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