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SELECT
NAME
  SELECT INTO - create a new table from the results of a query

SYNOPSIS
  SELECT [ ALL | DISTINCT [ ON ( expression [, ...] ) ] ]
      * | expression [ AS output_name ] [, ...]
      INTO [ TEMPORARY | TEMP ] [ TABLE ] new_table
      [ FROM from_item [, ...] ]
      [ WHERE condition ]
      [ GROUP BY expression [, ...] ]
      [ HAVING condition [, ...] ]
      [ { UNION | INTERSECT | EXCEPT } [ ALL ] select ]
      [ ORDER BY expression [ ASC | DESC | USING operator ] [, ...] ]
      [ LIMIT { count | ALL } ]
      [ OFFSET start ]
      [ FOR UPDATE [ OF tablename [, ...] ] ]

  INPUTS

  TEMPORARY

  TEMP If specified, the table is created as a temporary table.	 Refer to
       CREATE TABLE [create_table(5)] for details.

  new_table
       The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the table to be created.

  All other inputs are described in detail for SELECT [select(5)].

  OUTPUTS

  Refer to CREATE TABLE [create_table(5)] and SELECT [select(5)] for a
  summary of possible output messages.

DESCRIPTION
  SELECT INTO creates a new table and fills it with data computed by a query.
  The data is not returned to the client, as it is with a normal SELECT. The
  new table's columns have the names and data types associated with the
  output columns of the SELECT.

       Note: CREATE TABLE AS [create_table_as(5)] is functionally equivalent
       to SELECT INTO.	CREATE TABLE AS is the recommended syntax, since
       SELECT INTO is not standard. In fact, this form of SELECT INTO is not
       available in PL/pgSQL or ecpg(1), because they interpret the INTO
       clause differently.

COMPATIBILITY
  SQL92 uses SELECT ... INTO to represent selecting values into scalar
  variables of a host program, rather than creating a new table. This indeed
  is the usage found in PL/pgSQL and ecpg(1).  The PostgreSQL usage of SELECT
  INTO to represent table creation is historical. It's best to use CREATE
  TABLE AS for this purpose in new code.  (CREATE TABLE AS isn't standard
  either, but it's less likely to cause confusion.)

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