Duplicating a MySQL table, indices, and data

Question

How do I copy or clone or duplicate the data, structure, and indices of a MySQL table to a new one?

This is what I\'ve found so far.

This will copy the data

Answer 1

The better way to duplicate a table is using only DDL statement. In this way, independently from the number of records in the table, you can perform the duplication instantly.

My purpose is:

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS table_name_OLD;
CREATE TABLE table_name_NEW LIKE table_name;
RENAME TABLE table_name TO table_name_OLD;
RENAME TABLE table_name _NEW TO table_name;

This avoids the INSERT AS SELECT statement that, in case of table with a lot of records can take time to be executed.

I suggest also to create a PLSQL procedure as the following example:

DELIMITER //
CREATE PROCEDURE backup_table(tbl_name varchar(255))
BEGIN
  -- DROP TABLE IF EXISTS GLS_DEVICES_OLD;
  SET @query = concat('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ',tbl_name,'_OLD');
  PREPARE stmt FROM @query;
  EXECUTE stmt;
  DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;

  -- CREATE TABLE GLS_DEVICES_NEW LIKE GLS_DEVICES;
  SET @query = concat('CREATE TABLE ',tbl_name,'_NEW LIKE ',tbl_name);
  PREPARE stmt FROM @query;
  EXECUTE stmt;
  DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;

  -- RENAME TABLE GLS_DEVICES TO GLS_DEVICES_OLD;
  SET @query = concat('RENAME TABLE ',tbl_name,' TO ',tbl_name,'_OLD');
  PREPARE stmt FROM @query;
  EXECUTE stmt;
  DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;  

  --  RENAME TABLE GLS_DEVICES_NEW TO GLS_DEVICES;
  SET @query = concat('RENAME TABLE ',tbl_name,'_NEW TO ',tbl_name);
  PREPARE stmt FROM @query;
  EXECUTE stmt;
  DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt; 
END//
DELIMITER ;

Have a nice day! Alex