Re: Create an empty copy of another table

From: Andrew McMillan <Andrew(at)catalyst(dot)net(dot)nz>
To: Thomas Weholt <Thomas(at)cintra(dot)no>
Cc: "'pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Create an empty copy of another table
Date: 2000-06-28 13:41:55
Message-ID: 395A00A3.35099900@catalyst.net.nz
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Thomas Weholt wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> How do I create a new empty table that`s a copy of an allready existing one?
> I need a way of putting the result of a select-statement into a temporary
> table that`s an exact copy of the table it`s derived from and I`m not sure
> how to do this. Obviously. I am just using one table to query at the time.
>
> Thomas

CREATE TABLE t2 AS SELECT * FROM t1;

There are other ways. You mission is to learn those as well :-)

Cheers,
Andrew.

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