drop table if exists t1,t2; create table t1(a int, unique(a)); insert into t1 values(2); create table t2(a int); insert into t2 values(1),(2); reset master; insert into t1 select * from t2; ERROR 23000: Duplicate entry '2' for key 'a' include/show_binlog_events.inc Log_name Pos Event_type Server_id End_log_pos Info binlog.000001 # Query # # BEGIN binlog.000001 # Table_map # # table_id: # (test.t1) binlog.000001 # Write_rows # # table_id: # flags: STMT_END_F binlog.000001 # Query # # COMMIT select * from t1; a 1 2 drop table t1, t2; create table t1(a int); insert into t1 values(1),(1); reset master; create table t2(unique(a)) select a from t1; ERROR 23000: Duplicate entry '1' for key 'a' include/show_binlog_events.inc Log_name Pos Event_type Server_id End_log_pos Info drop table t1; drop table if exists t2; Warnings: Note 1051 Unknown table 'test.t2'