CREATE TABLE LIKE

This statement copies the definition of an existing table, without copying any data.

Synopsis

CreateTableLikeStmt
CREATEOptTemporaryTABLEIfNotExistsTableNameLikeTableWithOrWithoutParenOnCommitOpt
OptTemporary
TEMPORARYGLOBALTEMPORARY
LikeTableWithOrWithoutParen
LIKETableName(LIKETableName)
OnCommitOpt
ONCOMMITDELETEROWS

Examples

mysql> CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT NOT NULL); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.13 sec) mysql> INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1),(2),(3),(4),(5); Query OK, 5 rows affected (0.02 sec) Records: 5 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 mysql> SELECT * FROM t1; +---+ | a | +---+ | 1 | | 2 | | 3 | | 4 | | 5 | +---+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> CREATE TABLE t2 LIKE t1; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.10 sec) mysql> SELECT * FROM t2; Empty set (0.00 sec)

Pre-split region

If the table to be copied is defined with the PRE_SPLIT_REGIONS attribute, the table created using the CREATE TABLE LIKE statement inherits this attribute, and the Region on the new table will be split. For details of PRE_SPLIT_REGIONS, see CREATE TABLE Statement.

MySQL compatibility

The CREATE TABLE LIKE statement in TiDB is fully compatible with MySQL. If you find any compatibility differences, report a bug.

See also