A record in the MySQL Database table is said to be clone and a MySQL Clone can be described as copying the records in the database or replicating the record from the Database. By viewing the below example, the concept of Clone can be easily understood.

Identify the table records for cloning. [sql] mysql> select * from settings where hostname="php"; +-------------+------+----------+ | value | data | hostname | +-------------+------+----------+ | AC3PassThru | 0 | php | +-------------+------+----------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)[/sql]

Cloning the above table record "php". [sql]mysql> insert into settings select * from settings where hostname="php"; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec) Records: 1 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 mysql> select * from settings where hostname="php"; +-------------+------+----------+ | value | data | hostname | +-------------+------+----------+ | AC3PassThru | 0 | php | | AC3PassThru | 0 | php | +-------------+------+----------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)[/sql] Here in the above example, the host name and all other values are repeated by performing the Clone operation.

• MySQL Clone - Copying or replicating a record in the database is said to be clone.