Re: Creating a partition table

John Scalia <jayknowsunix(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I have a PostgreSQL server version 11.3 that my devs are asking for some partitioned tables. I can’t seem to get the syntax correct though. My SQL code is:

> CREATE TABLE schema.temp_table
> AS (SELECT * FROM schema.original_table)
> PARTITION BY LIST(attribute_name);

You can't create and populate a partitioned table in one command; you have
to create some partitions before you can load data into it.

I believe you could use CREATE TABLE temp_table (LIKE original_table)
PARTITION BY LIST(attribute_name) to avoid manually repeating the
column list. Check the docs to see which other LIKE options you want
to use.

regards, tom lane