How can I create a copy of an Oracle table without copying the data?

Question

I know the statement:

create table xyz_new as select * from xyz;

Which copies the structure and the data, but what if I just want the structure?

Answer 1

Just use a where clause that won't select any rows:

create table xyz_new as select * from xyz where 1=0;

Limitations

The following things will not be copied to the new table:

• sequences
• triggers
• indexes
• some constraints may not be copied
• materialized view logs

This also does not handle partitions

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