The recreate command will create a brand new version of table on your destination, then move the existing data over to the new table.
This is useful if you change the indexes or distribution keys of a table.
It takes the following steps, so that the original table is affected for as little amount of time as needed:
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Creates a new table named zz_dataduck_recreating_(tablename)
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Moves the table data from the original table to the new table.
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Renames the original table to zz_dataduck_recreating_old_(tablename)
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Renames the zz_dataduck_recreating_(tablename) to tablename.
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Drops zz_dataduck_recreating_old_(tablename)
To recreate a table, use the command:
$ dataduck recreate my_table_name