"David E. Wheeler" <da...@justatheory.com> writes: > Co-worker asked a question I could not answer: Why is IF NOT EXISTS not > supported by CREATE TABLE AS?
That's an even worse idea than plain CREATE IF NOT EXISTS (which was put in over vocal objections from me and some other people). Not only would you not have the faintest clue as to the properties of the table afterwards, but no clue as to its contents either. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers