Copy a Table by Drag-and-Drop

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# Copy Query or Table by Drag-and-Drop

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Dragging-and-dropping a query or table opens the \<emph\>Copy Table \</emph\>dialog, which allows you to define the options for copying a query or a table.

To access this command...

Drag and drop a table or a query into the table part of another database file window.

With the \<emph\>Copy Table \</emph\>dialog you can:

- copy the data from the table into another table,

- use the structure of the table as the basis for creating a new table.

You can copy within the same database or between different databases.

## Copy Table

You can copy a table by dragging and dropping the table onto the table area of a database file window. The \<emph\>Copy table \</emph\>dialog appears.

## Apply columns

In the data source explorer, you can copy a table by dragging and dropping the table onto the table container. The \<emph\>Apply columns \</emph\>dialog is the second window of the \<emph\>Copy table\</emph\> dialog.

## Type formatting

In the data source explorer, you can copy a table by dragging and dropping the table onto the table container. The\<emph\> Type formatting \</emph\>dialog is the third window of the \<emph\>Copy table\</emph\> dialog.