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<refentry id="SQL-SELECTINTO">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle id="SQL-SELECTINTO-TITLE">
SELECT INTO
</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>
SELECT INTO
</refname>
<refpurpose>
create a new table from the results of a query
</refpurpose></refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<refsynopsisdivinfo>
<date>2000-12-11</date>
</refsynopsisdivinfo>
<synopsis>
SELECT [ ALL | DISTINCT [ ON ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) ] ]
* | <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [ AS <replaceable class="PARAMETER">output_name</replaceable> ] [, ...]
INTO [ TEMPORARY | TEMP ] [ TABLE ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">new_table</replaceable>
[ FROM <replaceable class="PARAMETER">from_item</replaceable> [, ...] ]
[ WHERE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">condition</replaceable> ]
[ GROUP BY <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ]
[ HAVING <replaceable class="PARAMETER">condition</replaceable> [, ...] ]
[ { UNION | INTERSECT | EXCEPT } [ ALL ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">select</replaceable> ]
[ ORDER BY <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [ ASC | DESC | USING <replaceable class="PARAMETER">operator</replaceable> ] [, ...] ]
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[ OFFSET <replaceable class="PARAMETER">start</replaceable> ]
where <replaceable class="PARAMETER">from_item</replaceable> can be:
[ ONLY ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table_name</replaceable> [ * ]
[ [ AS ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">alias</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">column_alias_list</replaceable> ) ] ]
|
( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">select</replaceable> )
[ AS ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">alias</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">column_alias_list</replaceable> ) ]
|
<replaceable class="PARAMETER">from_item</replaceable> [ NATURAL ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">join_type</replaceable> <replaceable class="PARAMETER">from_item</replaceable>
[ ON <replaceable class="PARAMETER">join_condition</replaceable> | USING ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">join_column_list</replaceable> ) ]
</synopsis>
<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-SELECTINTO-1">
<refsect2info>
<date>2001-03-20</date>
</refsect2info>
<title>
Inputs
</title>
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>TEMPORARY</term>
<term>TEMP</term>
<listitem>
<para>
If TEMPORARY or TEMP is specified,
the output table is created only within this session, and is
automatically dropped on session exit.
Existing permanent tables with the same name are not visible
(in this session) while the temporary table exists.
Any indexes created on a temporary table are automatically
temporary as well.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">new_table</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
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.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
<para>
All other inputs are described in detail for
<xref linkend="sql-select">.
</para>
</refsect2>
<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-SELECTINTO-2">
<refsect2info>
<date>2001-03-20</date>
</refsect2info>
<title>
Outputs
</title>
<para>
Refer to
<xref linkend="sql-createtable">
and
<xref linkend="sql-select">
for a summary of possible output messages.
</para>
</refsect2>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1 id="R1-SQL-SELECTINTO-1">
<refsect1info>
<date>2001-03-20</date>
</refsect1info>
<title>
Description
</title>
<para>
<command>SELECT INTO</command> 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 <command>SELECT</command>. The new
table's columns have the names and data types associated with the
output columns of the <command>SELECT</command>.
<note>
<para>
<xref linkend="sql-createtableas">
is functionally equivalent to <command>SELECT INTO</command>.
<command>CREATE TABLE AS</command> is the recommended syntax, since
<command>SELECT INTO</command> is not standard. In fact, this form of
<command>SELECT INTO</command> is not available in <application>PL/pgSQL</application> or <xref linkend="app-ecpg">,
because they interpret the INTO clause differently.
</para>
</note>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="R1-SQL-SELECTINTO-2">
<title>
Compatibility
</title>
<para>
SQL92 uses <command>SELECT ... INTO</command> to represent selecting
values into scalar variables of a host program, rather than creating
a new table. This indeed is the usage found in <application>PL/pgSQL</application> and <xref linkend="app-ecpg">.
The <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> usage of <command>SELECT
INTO</command> to represent table creation is historical. It's best
to use <command>CREATE TABLE AS</command> for this purpose in new code.
(<command>CREATE TABLE AS</command> isn't standard either, but it's
less likely to cause confusion.)
</para>
</refsect1>
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