Re: Whassup with this? (Create table xxx like yyy fails) - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Karl Denninger
Subject Re: Whassup with this? (Create table xxx like yyy fails)
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Msg-id 4882C135.2010700@denninger.net
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In response to Re: Whassup with this? (Create table xxx like yyy fails)  ("Douglas McNaught" <doug@mcnaught.org>)
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Douglas McNaught wrote:
On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 9:02 PM, Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> wrote: 
childrensjustice=# create table petition_bail like petition_white;
ERROR:  syntax error at or near "like"
LINE 1: create table petition_bail like petition_white;   
It's not super-easy to see from the docs, but I think you need parentheses:

CREATE TABLE petition_bail (LIKE petition_white);

-Doug
 
Aha.

Thank you.

Karl Denninger (karl@denninger.net)
http://www.denninger.net

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