Question

If I have a table like:

CREATE TABLE FRED ( recordId number(18) primary key, firstName varchar2(50) ); 

Is there an easy way to clone it’s structure (not it’s data) into another table of a given name. Basically I want to create table with exactly the same structure, but a different name, so that I can perform some functionality on it. I want to do this in code obviously. Java preferably, but most other languages should be similar.

Answer 1

If you’re looking a way to find the exact DDL to recreate the table, including the storage clause, you can use

select dbms_metadata.get_ddl('TABLE', 'TABLE_NAME', 'SCHEMA_NAME') from dual 

as described here.