Re: BUG #4650: can't specify table schema in CREATE TABLE AS

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Thue Janus Kristensen <thuejk@gmail.com>wrote:

>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference:      4650
> Logged by:          Thue Janus Kristensen
> Email address:      thuejk@gmail.com
> PostgreSQL version: 8.3.5
> Operating system:   Linux
> Description:        can't specify table schema in CREATE TABLE AS
> Details:
>
> According to
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/sql-createtableas.html ,
> the
> following should work:
>
> CREATE TABLE test(a INT) AS (SELECT 1);
>
> However:
>
> k3_dev_tjk=> CREATE TABLE test(a INT) AS (SELECT 1);
> ERROR:  syntax error at or near "AS"
> LINE 1: CREATE TABLE test(a INT) AS (SELECT 1);
>
> It works if I drop the table schema:
>
> k3_dev_tjk=> CREATE TABLE test AS (SELECT 1);
> SELECT
>

Look closely, it says just column names, not their datatypes. So the command
should be:

CREATE TABLE test(a) AS (SELECT 1);

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