Re: Temp rows - is it possible?

From: Robert Creager <Robert_Creager(at)LogicalChaos(dot)org>
To: Shridhar Daithankar <shridhar_daithankar(at)myrealbox(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Temp rows - is it possible?
Date: 2003-11-11 17:02:27
Message-ID: 20031111100227.50f3611c.Robert_Creager@LogicalChaos.org
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When grilled further on (Tue, 11 Nov 2003 11:39:02 +0530),
Shridhar Daithankar <shridhar_daithankar(at)myrealbox(dot)com> confessed:

> > them). Would there be an alternate method to easily create a temp table
> > that is identical to another?
>
> You can use LIKE clause in create table.
>
> See http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/sql-createtable.html
>

Thanks Shridhar,

I didn't know there was a LIKE clause, and it's even right above INHERITS in
the docs... I also didn't realize that the parent table would see all the
child tables data when using INHERITS. I should be using LIKE...

Cheers,
Rob

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