[MySQL] Copy a table with CREATE TABLE LIKE

Create a copy of the table 

CREATE TABLE products_bak LIKE products

Copying the data from the original table to the new table

INSERT INTO products_bak SELECT * FROM products

Copying the data back again

TRUNCATE products;
INSERT INTO products SELECT * FROM products_bak

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