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There is already an object named 'tbltable1' in the database

I am trying to insert data from one table to another with same structure, 

select * into tbltable1 from tbltable1_Link

I am getting the following error message:

There is already an object named 'tbltable1' in the database.
Solution

  • The SELECT INTO statement creates a new table of the name you provide and populates it with the results of the SELECT statement.

    I think you should be using INSERT INTO since the table already exists. If your purpose is in fact to populate a temporary table, then you should provide a table name that does not already exist in the database.

    See MSDN for more information on this.