[postgis-users] create tables smarter

[Andreas Laggner]

Hello list,

i am searching for a solution for creating tables with less typing. I do
not want to type every column i want to have in my new table, especially
if column names will not change! I cannot use the postgresql "create
table tablename as select * from" because of the geometry column (with
this command i will insert all data the_geom included, but i will not
have the entries, that addgeometrycolumn does). Would be fine to create
the columns only first, then delete column the_geom, than execute
addgeometrycolumn and than execute the insert......but i do not know how
to create only the columns with *.
I am also happy about other approaches to solve the problem  ;-)

cheers      Andreas



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Dipl. Geoökologe Andreas Laggner

Institut für Agrarrelevante Klimaforschung (AK) des vTI
Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut (vTI),
Bundesforschungsinstitut für Ländliche Räume, Wald und Fischerei

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Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries

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