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Re: Feature request/suggestion - CREATE SCHEMA LIKE

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Joris Dobbelsteen wrote:
> wstrzalka wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> >    Features like CREATE DATABASE WITH TEMPLATE or CREATE TABLE LIKE
> > are very usefull but it would be great to have such a feature on the
> > mid-level too. I mean something CREATE SCHEMA LIKE that would copy all
> > the template schema relations, etc...
> >  What do you think about it ? Would it be hard to implement ? Is it
> > worth the effort 
> I believe the CREATE DATABASE was because of the way postgresql creates 
> a database. I thought it just copied the template database (but are not 
> completely sure). I also believe CREATE TABLE LIKE was mostly for 
> temporary tables, where the query can not be sure what the table 
> actually looks like when it is invoked.
> 
> Would it not be possible to work around the SCHEMA LIKE by just dumping 
> the database schema and restoring it to a new schema? This seems more 
> like a part that should be under strict user control and not automated 
> by common queries.

No one has actually asked for CREATE SCHEMA LIKE before but we could add
it to the TODO list if we can find a few people who want the feature.

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