Create Table from View

Question

I have a view that I want to create a table from in SQL Enterprise Manager, but I always get an error when I run this query:

CREATE TABLE A 
AS
(SELECT top 10 FROM dbo.myView)

So far the error is: "syntax error at 'as'"

View is too large. Is it possible to use a top 10?

Answer 1

If you want to create a new A you can use INTO;

select * into A from dbo.myView

Answer 2

SQL Server does not support CREATE TABLE AS SELECT.

Use this:

SELECT  *
INTO    A
FROM    myview

or

SELECT  TOP 10
        *
INTO    A
FROM    myview
ORDER BY
        id

Answer 3

SELECT * INTO [table_a] FROM dbo.myView