INSERT INTO … SELECT without detailing all columns

Question

How do you insert selected rows from table_source to table_target using SQL in MySQL where:

• Both tables have the same schema

Answer 1

Column names have to be specified -

INSERT INTO table_target SELECT NULL, column_name1, column_name2, column_name3, ...
  FROM table_source;

Just pass NULL as a value for the auto-increment id field.