From a9f2e31cf653bad72debae616521130065e55077 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:46:29 +0200
Subject: Support CREATE TABLE (LIKE ...) with foreign tables and views

Composite types are not yet supported, because parserOpenTable()
rejects them.
---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

(limited to 'doc/src')

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 97968bb9eb2..f55a0010de5 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -368,6 +368,11 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
       If the same name is specified explicitly or in another
       <literal>LIKE</literal> clause, an error is signalled.
      </para>
+     <para>
+      The <literal>LIKE</literal> clause can also be used to copy columns from
+      views or foreign tables.  Inapplicable options (e.g., <literal>INCLUDING
+      INDEXES</literal> from a view) are ignored.
+     </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
 
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