Re: Move several fields from multiple tables to a new table

[Peter Brawley]

create table materials( matid int unsigned primary key, desc varchar(128) ... );

For each of the materials0n tables ...

insert ignore into materials select id, desc from materials0n;

... then change the foreign key specs in tables that refer to materials0n tables.

Now the fun begins ... inevitably, the same item will be represented by different ids and probably different descriptions. No programmattic solution for that, just slogging.