Re: Add CREATE SCHEMA ... LIKE support

From: Jim Jones <jim(dot)jones(at)uni-muenster(dot)de>
To: Matheus Alcantara <matheusssilv97(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Add CREATE SCHEMA ... LIKE support
Date: 2026-02-06 15:23:45
Message-ID: 5725e6e6-d823-4d00-ae23-eda70a422bd9@uni-muenster.de
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On 06/02/2026 15:42, Matheus Alcantara wrote:
> On 06/02/26 11:35, Jim Jones wrote:
>> So EXCEPT instead of EXCLUDING and LIMIT TO instead of INCLUDING. Of
>> course, assuming the proposed syntax isn't already defined in the SQL
>> standard.
>>
>
> Yeah, it could be an option but IMHO adding the LIKE on CREATE SCHEMA
> sounds more similar to what we already have for CREATE TABLE ... LIKE.
>
> Although I prefer the CREATE SCHEMA LIKE syntax I'm open to discuss
> about other syntaxes.

Just to be clear, I also like the CREATE SCHEMA <name> LIKE
<source_schema> syntax. I was just suggesting to consider changing
EXCLUDING and INCLUDING to EXCEPT and LIMIT TO, respectively. Just to
make it more consistent with IMPORT FOREIGN SCHEMA, although I find
INCLUDING and EXCLUDING way more intuitive :)

Best, Jim

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