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In Oracle, if I needed to declare something with the same type as another column, I can simply use %type:
Create table foo(
copiedType OTHER_TABLE.COLUMN_NAME%TYPE
/* yada yada yada... */
Is there an equivalent operator in MySQL?
Well, the short answer, as it turns out is “no”, and while it can be faked if you’re willing to create a stored function (or use another language) and create your table by your own custom baked parsing engine, it simply isn’t worth it. C’est sera…