Re: Create an empty copy of another table
Andrew McMillan <andrew@catalyst.net.nz>
From: Andrew McMillan <Andrew@catalyst.net.nz>
To: Thomas Weholt <Thomas@cintra.no>
Cc: "'pgsql-novice@postgresql.org'" <pgsql-novice@postgresql.org>
Date: 2000-06-28T13:41:55Z
Lists: pgsql-novice
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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