README.md

"Create Table As" form for SQLAlchemy

Add create table as construct to SQLalchemy

Usage

Examples:

>>> from sqlalchemy import *
>>> from sqlalchemy_create_table_as import *
>>> str(
...     CreateTableAs(
...         table('new_table'), 
...         select(column('f1'), column('f2')).select_from(table('old_table'))
...         )
... )
'CREATE TABLE new_table AS SELECT f1, f2 \nFROM old_table'
 
>>> t = Table('old_table', MetaData(), Column('f1'), Column('f2'))

>>> str(CreateTableAs(table('new_table'), select(t)))
>>> 'CREATE TABLE new_table AS SELECT old_table.f1, old_table.f2 \nFROM old_table'

Installation

sqlalchemy-create-table-as is available on PyPI and can be installed via pip

pip install sqlalchemy-create-table-as

Acknowledgements

Package inspired by sqlalchemy-views

And thank you to the various contributors!