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NAME
  CREATE TABLE AS - create a new table from the results of a query

SYNOPSIS
  CREATE [ [ LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } ] TABLE table_name [ (column_name [, ...] ) ]
      AS query

DESCRIPTION
  CREATE TABLE AS creates a table and fills it with data computed by a SELECT
  command. The table columns have the names and data types associated with
  the output columns of the SELECT (except that you can override the column
  names by giving an explicit list of new column names).

  CREATE TABLE AS bears some resemblance to creating a view, but it is really
  quite different: it creates a new table and evaluates the query just once
  to fill the new table initially. The new table will not track subsequent
  changes to the source tables of the query. In contrast, a view re-evaluates
  the underlying SELECT statements whenever it is queried.

PARAMETERS
  [LOCAL] TEMPORARY or [LOCAL] TEMP
       If specified, the table is created as a temporary table.	 Temporary
       tables are automatically dropped at the end of a session. Existing
       persistent tables with the same name are not visible to the current
       session while the temporary table exists.  Any indexes created on a
       temporary table are automatically temporary as well.

       The LOCAL word is optional.

  table_name
       The name of the new table to be created. This table must not already
       exist. However, a temporary table can be created that has the same
       name as an existing permanent table.

  column_name
       The name of a column in the new table. Multiple column names can be
       specified using a comma-delimited list of column names. If column
       names are not provided, they are taken from the output column names of
       the query.

  query
       A query statement (that is, a SELECT command). Refer to select(5) for
       a description of the allowed syntax.

DIAGNOSTICS
  Refer to create_table(5) and select(5) for a summary of possible output
  messages.

NOTES
  This command is functionally equivalent to select_into(5), but it is
  preferred since it is less likely to be confused with other uses of the
  SELECT ... INTO syntax.

COMPATIBILITY
  This command is modeled after an Oracle feature. There is no command with
  equivalent functionality in SQL92 or SQL99. However, a combination of
  CREATE TABLE and INSERT ... SELECT can accomplish the same thing with
  little more effort.

HISTORY
  The CREATE TABLE AS command has been available since PostgreSQL 6.3.

SEE ALSO
  create_table(5), create_view(l), select(l), select_into(l)

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