Copy table without copying data

SHOW CREATE TABLE bar;

you will get a create statement for that table, edit the table name, or anything else you like, and then execute it.

This will allow you to copy the indexes and also manually tweak the table creation.

You can also run the query within a program.

Only want to clone the structure of table:

CREATE TABLE foo SELECT * FROM bar WHERE 1 = 2;

Also wants to copy the data:

CREATE TABLE foo as SELECT * FROM bar;

Try:

CREATE TABLE foo SELECT * FROM bar LIMIT 0

Or:

CREATE TABLE foo SELECT * FROM bar WHERE 1=0

Try

CREATE TABLE foo LIKE bar;

so the keys and indexes are copied over as, well.

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