Question

I’m trying to create a new table from a select but it isn’t working.
Here is my syntax

select *
into newtable
from oldtable
where oldtable.number=2

Then, when I try to use it

select * from newtable

it tells me that newtable is an invalid object.

Answer 1

Are you in the right database, and not in the master?

Try this:

USE [your database name]
GO

SELECT *
INTO newtable
FROM oldtable
WHERE [number] = 2

If newtable has a red underline, you can still select from it. The underline just means that the table name is not cached. You can rebuild IntelliSense by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+R and the underline will disappear.

Hope this helps.