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Re: create table as vs. create table like

From:	"A(dot) Kretschmer" <andreas(dot)kretschmer(at)schollglas(dot)com>
To:	pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject:	Re: create table as vs. create table like
Date:	2008-12-12 12:25:07
Message-ID:	20081212122507.GD22788@a-kretschmer.de
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In response to Ivan Sergio Borgonovo :
> I just noticed something I found "unexpected".
>
> CREATE TABLE LIKE let you specify DEFAULT and Co.
> CREATE TABLE AS doesn't.
>
> Is there a one step way to clone a table?

with or without data?

create table new_table (like old_table)
create table new_table as select * from old_table

Regards, Andreas
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create table as vs. create table like at 2008-12-12 12:02:29 from Ivan Sergio Borgonovo

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Re: create table as vs. create table like at 2008-12-12 12:46:35 from Gregory Williamson
Re: create table as vs. create table like at 2008-12-12 13:07:54 from Ivan Sergio Borgonovo

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