Need Answer with Create Table

Question

Hi OTN Peeps,
I would like to ask, what's the difference between this two syntax.
create table table_name as
select * from other_table;and
create table table_name as
(select * from other_table);Thanks and More Power!

Answer 1

Hi,
Cloud Nines Bliss wrote:
Hi OTN Peeps,
I would like to ask, what's the difference between this two syntax.
create table table_name as
select * from other_table;and
create table table_name as
(select * from other_table);
There's no difference. Oracle often allows parentheses when they're not needed. For example:
SELECT  SYSDATE - (1 / 24)    AS one_hour_ago
FROM    dual;The results would be the same if you lost the parentheses, but it's nice to have them in this case, to make it clear that the / operation is being doen before the -.