SELECT INTO(7)                                            SQL Commands                                            SELECT INTO(7)



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


SYNOPSIS
       [ WITH [ RECURSIVE ] with_query [, ...] ]
       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 [, ...] ]
           [ WINDOW window_name AS ( window_definition ) [, ...] ]
           [ { UNION | INTERSECT | EXCEPT } [ ALL ] select ]
           [ ORDER BY expression [ ASC | DESC | USING operator ] [ NULLS { FIRST | LAST } ] [, ...] ]
           [ LIMIT { count | ALL } ]
           [ OFFSET start [ ROW | ROWS ] ]
           [ FETCH { FIRST | NEXT } [ count ] { ROW | ROWS } ONLY ]
           [ FOR { UPDATE | SHARE } [ OF table_name [, ...] ] [ NOWAIT ] [...] ]


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(7)] 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(7)].

NOTES
       CREATE  TABLE  AS [create_table_as(7)] is functionally similar 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.
       Furthermore, CREATE TABLE AS offers a superset of the functionality provided by SELECT INTO.

       Prior  to  PostgreSQL  8.1, the table created by SELECT INTO included OIDs by default. In PostgreSQL 8.1, this is not the
       case -- to include OIDs in the new table, the default_with_oids configuration variable must  be  enabled.  Alternatively,
       CREATE TABLE AS can be used with the WITH OIDS clause.

EXAMPLES
       Create a new table films_recent consisting of only recent entries from the table films:

       SELECT * INTO films_recent FROM films WHERE date_prod >= '2002-01-01';


COMPATIBILITY
       The SQL standard uses SELECT INTO to represent selecting values into scalar variables of a host program, rather than cre-
       ating a new table. This indeed is the usage found in ECPG (see in the documentation) and PL/pgSQL (see in the  documenta-
       tion).   The PostgreSQL usage of SELECT INTO to represent table creation is historical. It is best to use CREATE TABLE AS
       for this purpose in new code.

SEE ALSO
       CREATE TABLE AS [create_table_as(7)]



SQL - Language Statements                                  2011-09-22                                             SELECT INTO(7)