<code class="command">CREATE TABLE
     ... PARTITION OF</code>, so it is more friendly to concurrent
     operations on the partitioned table.
     The <code class="literal">CREATE TABLE ... LIKE</code> option is helpful
     to avoid tediously repeating the parent table's definition:

</p><pre class="programlisting">
CREATE TABLE measurement_y2008m02
  (LIKE measurement INCLUDING DEFAULTS INCLUDING CONSTRAINTS)
  TABLESPACE fasttablespace;

ALTER TABLE measurement_y2008m02 ADD CONSTRAINT y2008m02
   CHECK