On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 08:24:47AM -0700, David Fetter wrote:
> Folks,
>
> This is for 9.3, of course.
>
> I noticed that CREATE FOREIGN TABLE (LIKE some_table) doesn't work. I
> believe it should, as it would:
>
> - Remove a POLA violation
> - Make data loading into an extant table even easier, especially if
> there need to be filtering or other cleanup steps
>
> Come to think of it, which CREATE TABLE options are inappropriate to
> CREATE FOREIGN TABLE?
>
> Cheers,
> David.
Here's a WIP patch (lots of cut/paste, no docs, no tests), but it does
work. Still to do in addition: decide whether ALTER FOREIGN TABLE
should also handle LIKE.
Cheers,
David.
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