* David F. Skoll wrote:

I have an application that creates a daily table from a "prototype"
table, so something like:

CREATE TABLE data_20130226 LIKE data_prototype INCLUDING DEFAULTS INCLUDING 
CONSTRATINTS INCLUDING INDEXES;

It would be really nice to be able to add:

INCLUDING TABLESPACE

Workaround:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION table_tablespace(p_relname regclass)
        RETURNS name
        LANGUAGE sql
        AS $$
SELECT t.spcname
  FROM pg_class c
  JOIN pg_tablespace t
    ON (c.oid = p_relname
        AND COALESCE(
            NULLIF(c.reltablespace, 0),
            (SELECT dattablespace
               FROM pg_database
              WHERE datname = current_database())) = t.oid);
$$;

-- It is surprisingly difficult to get the tablespace of a table.
-- (Note to self: So *that* is what NULLIF() is for!)

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION create_table_like(p_old regclass, p_new name)
        RETURNS regclass
        LANGUAGE plpgsql
        AS $$
BEGIN
    EXECUTE 'CREATE TABLE ' || quote_ident(p_new)
        || ' (LIKE ' || quote_ident(p_old::name)
        || ' INCLUDING DEFAULTS '
        || ' INCLUDING CONSTRAINTS '
        || ' INCLUDING INDEXES) '
        || ' TABLESPACE '|| quote_ident(table_tablespace(p_old))
        || ';';
    RETURN p_new::regclass;
END;
$$;

test=> SELECT create_table_like('data_prototype', 'data_20130226');
 create_table_like
-------------------
 data_20130226


--
Christian




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