Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable1 ( Name varchar(100), Gender ENUM('MALE','FEMALE') ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.50 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable1 values('Chris','Male'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.17 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1 values('Emma','Female'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec)
Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select *from DemoTable1;
This will produce the following output −
+-------+--------+ | Name | Gender | +-------+--------+ | Chris | MALE | | Emma | FEMALE | +-------+--------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Following is the query to create the second table −
mysql> create table DemoTable2 ( EmployeeGender varchar(100) ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.47 sec)
Let us now copy values of one column to another with a single MySQL query −
mysql> insert into DemoTable2(EmployeeGender) select Gender from DemoTable1; Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.15 sec) Records: 2 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0
Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select *from DemoTable;
This will produce the following output −
+----------------+ | EmployeeGender | +----------------+ | MALE | | FEMALE | +----------------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)