Question

I’m trying to create a new table from a subquery select but I get the following error:
Incorrect syntax near ‘)’.

SELECT * INTO foo 
FROM 
(
  SELECT DATEPART(MONTH,a.InvoiceDate) as CalMonth
        ,DATEPART(YEAR,a.InvoiceDate) as CalYear
        ,a.InvoiceDate
        ,a.StockCode
        ,a.QtyInvoiced
        ,a.Volume
  FROM sales a
  UNION ALL
  SELECT ds.CalMonth as CalMonth
        ,ds.CalYear as CalYear
        ,ds.InvoiceDate
        ,ds.StockCode
        ,ds.Cases as QtyInvoiced
        ,ds.Vol as Volume
  FROM sales1 ds
)

Answer 1

You forgot to add alias at the end of your query.

You can do this by two methods:

1. If you have already created a table then you can do this using Insert Into like this:

INSERT into foo (CalMonth,CalYear,InvoiceDate,StockCode,QtyInvoiced,Volume)
SELECT * FROM
(
SELECT 
    DATEPART(MONTH,a.InvoiceDate) as CalMonth
    ,DATEPART(YEAR,a.InvoiceDate) as CalYear
    ,a.InvoiceDate
    ,a.StockCode
    ,a.QtyInvoiced
    ,a.Volume
FROM sales a
UNION ALL
SELECT 
    ds.CalMonth as CalMonth
    ,ds.CalYear as CalYear
    ,ds.InvoiceDate
    ,ds.StockCode
    ,ds.Cases as QtyInvoiced
    ,ds.Vol as Volume
FROM sales1 ds
) AS table1

For example see this fiddle

2. If you have not created a table then you can do this using SELECT * INTO like this:

SELECT * INTO foo from 
(
SELECT 
    DATEPART(MONTH,a.InvoiceDate) as CalMonth,
    DATEPART(YEAR,a.InvoiceDate) as CalYear,
    a.InvoiceDate,
    a.StockCode,
    a.QtyInvoiced,
    a.Volume
FROM sales a
UNION ALL
SELECT 
    ds.CalMonth as CalMonth,
    ds.CalYear as CalYear,
    ds.InvoiceDate,
    ds.StockCode,
    ds.Cases as QtyInvoiced,
    ds.Vol as Volume
FROM sales1 ds
) AS table1

For example see this fiddle

For more reference see SQL SERVER – Insert Data From One Table to Another Table – INSERT INTO SELECT – SELECT INTO TABLE