Question

SELECT *
FROM t1
JOIN t2
ON t1.id1 = t2.id2

yields a JOIN of those tables on MySQL. How can I store the result in a third table without having to define it column by column.

I tried this to create the third table but it doesn’t work.

CREATE TABLE t3 LIKE
(
SELECT *
FROM t1
JOIN t2
ON t1.id1 = t2.id2
) a

Answer 1

If you want the new table to contain the results of your SELECT:

CREATE TABLE t3 SELECT * FROM t1 JOIN t2 ON t1.id1 = t2.id2

Or if you just want it to be based on the schema of the join:

CREATE TABLE t3 SELECT * FROM t1 JOIN t2 ON t1.id1 = t2.id2 WHERE FALSE