From: | Mathieu Arnold <mat(at)mat(dot)cc> |
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To: | Raphael Bauduin <raphael(at)be(dot)easynet(dot)net>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: CREATE TABLE AS ... |
Date: | 2002-07-25 16:55:41 |
Message-ID: | 30470183.1027623340@andromede.reaumur.absolight.net |
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--On mardi 23 juillet 2002 15:48 +0200 Raphael Bauduin
<raphael(at)be(dot)easynet(dot)net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In a data model change, I wanted to use the "create table as select"
> feature. However, I want that table to have a primary key defined, and
> thus a field defined as NOT NULL. I didn't find a way to add a NOT NULL
> constraint on a column of an existing table. If there isn't, what's the
> best way to go? A COPY?
why not just :
create table new_table (new fields with all you need);
insert into new_table <the same select as you had in your create as>;
--
Mathieu Arnold
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