How to add a sort key to an existing table in AWS Redshift

Question

In AWS Redshift, I want to add a sort key to a table that is already created. Is there any command which can add a column and use it as sort key?

Answer 1

Catching this query a bit late.
I find that using 1=1 the best way to create and replicate data into another table in redshift eg: CREATE TABLE NEWTABLE AS SELECT * FROM OLDTABLE WHERE 1=1;

then you can drop the OLDTABLE after verifying that the data has been copied

(if you replace 1=1 with 1=2, it copies only the structure - which is good for creating staging tables)