Question

I apologize if "link" is not the exact term for this in advance.

I have a table with user info, (user&password). I need the same user:password pair to appear in another table in the same database. the second table needs to copy the first one at all times – if an entry is deleted from the first one, or added – the changes must apply to the second table instantly.

Please, I need an example of how this can be done, as I do not know the terminology to search on google..

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I only need two columns to be a duplicate, not the entire table.

Answer 1

A view may work, depending on the constraints imposed by your existing system, and those imposed by views. It saves duplicating data:

CREATE TABLE web_users (username VARCHAR(255), password VARCHAR(255));

CREATE VIEW forum_users AS SELECT username, password FROM web_users;

INSERT INTO web_users VALUES ('user1', 'password1');

SELECT * FROM forum_users;
+----------+-----------+
| username | password  |
+----------+-----------+
| user1    | password1 |
+----------+-----------+

INSERT INTO forum_users VALUES ('user2', 'password2');

SELECT * FROM forum_users;
+----------+-----------+
| username | password  |
+----------+-----------+
| user1    | password1 |
| user2    | password2 |
+----------+-----------+

SELECT * FROM web_users;
+----------+-----------+
| username | password  |
+----------+-----------+
| user1    | password1 |
| user2    | password2 |
+----------+-----------+