Index for Section INTO

Alphabetical listing for S

Bottom of page

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 [, ...] ] ]

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.

PARAMETERS
  TEMPORARY or 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 parameters are described in detail under SELECT [select(5)].

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

COMPATIBILITY
  The SQL standard 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 ECPG and PL/pgSQL.  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.)

Index for Section INTO

Alphabetical listing for S

Top of page