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NAME
  SELECT INTO - define 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 | 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(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 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 creating a new table. This indeed
  is the usage found in ECPG (see in the documentation) and PL/pgSQL (see in
  the documentation).  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(5)]

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