SQL Server 'select * into' versus 'insert into ..select *

Question

Say table1 and table2 already exist, is there any difference between these queries

query1 :-

select * into table1 from tabl         


        

Answer 1

INSERT INTO TABLE_A SELECT * FROM TABLE_B

Is a commonly used sentence, which is used to insert values of a table into another table. Selected columns can also be inserted using this.

SELECT * INTO TABLE_A FROM TABLE_B

Will create a new TABLE_A populated with values of TABLE_B