Re: COMMENTS are not being copied in CREATE TABLE LIKE

Hi Carlos

On 24/03/2026 19:32, Carlos Alves wrote:
> Just one point I'd like to address is the documentation. Following the
> idea of the other "includings" options wouldn't it be interesting to
> present a more concise text? As a suggestion, it could be something like:
> 
> "Comments on columns, not null and check constraints, indexes, extended
> statistics and the table itself from a source table will be copied. If
> the command references multiple source tables with including clauses,
> any existing table-level comments will be merged into a single entry,
> separated by newlines in the order they were specified."

In the second paragraph of the INCLUDING COMMENTS docs I wrote:

<para>
  If multiple <literal>LIKE</literal> clauses specify
  <literal>INCLUDING COMMENTS</literal> and the source tables have
  table-level comments, these comments will be concatenated in the new
  table, separated by newlines, in the order that the
  <literal>LIKE</literal> clauses appear.
</para>

Which pretty much states the same? Please let me know if I am missing
your point here.


> I've attached some preliminary tests I performed.

Thanks for the thorough tests. Much appreciated!

Best, Jim