Creat new table from multiple tables in same DB?

Question

Trying to create a new table bringing in all the records from
3 old tables. All three old tables have common foreign key fields.
I'm not sure how the syntax would look like, but something
like:
<cfquery name="qCreateTable" datasource="somedb">
CREATE TABLE newtable
AS
SELECT old_ID as new_ID,
FROM oldtable1, oldtable2, oldtable3 etc.</cfquery
Is this possible in one step, or would I need to create the
new table with data from oldtable1, then update with data from 2, 3
etc.? BTW I already tried that with no success (syntax errors).
For now, this is in Access.
Thanks for your help.
rinorman

Answer 1

Phil:
<cfquery name="qCreateTable" datasource="somedb">
CREATE TABLE vendor_new2
AS
SELECT
vendor_ID as old_vendor_ID,
company_name as vendor_company,
DBA_name as vendor_dba,
web_URL as vendor_url,
AdminID as old_admin_ID,
Comment as old_comment,
BillingLocationID as old_billing_ID
FROM vendor_old
UNION
SELECT
UserID as old_user_ID,
EmailAddress as vendor_email,
Password as vendor_pw,
LastName as contact_lname,
FirstName as contact_fname,
PhoneNum as contact_tele,
PhoneExt as vendor_phonex,
FaxNum as contact_fax
FROM main_contact
UNION
SELECT
PhysicalLocationID as old_location_ID,
Street1 as vendor_address1,
Street2 as vendor_address2,
City as vendor_city,
StateID as vendor_state,
Zip as vendor_zip,
Zip4 as vendor_zip4,
Phone as vendor_tele,
Fax as vendor_fax
FROM PhysicalLocation
</cfquery>
Result: Syntax error in CREATE TABLE statement.