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Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 10:17:22 -0600
From: Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org>
To: Ying Lu <ying_lu@cs.concordia.ca>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: SQL command Error: "create table ... Like parentTable including
	defaults"
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On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 11:48:39AM -0400, Ying Lu wrote:
> 
> create table tableName1 LIKE parentTable   INCLUDING defaults ;
> 
> I was trying to create table "tableName1" with the same structure as 
> "parentTable" without any data. I got a syntax error: 
> 'syntax error at or near "like" ... '

The CREATE TABLE documentation shows that LIKE should be in parentheses:

CREATE TABLE tableName1 (LIKE parentTable INCLUDING DEFAULTS);

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/sql-createtable.html

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Michael Fuhr
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