From: | Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu> |
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To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | "Ross J(dot) Reedstrom" <reedstrm(at)wallace(dot)ece(dot)rice(dot)edu>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: CREATE TABLE AS standard? |
Date: | 2000-05-01 16:03:33 |
Message-ID: | 390DAAD5.18393C92@alumni.caltech.edu |
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> I covered SELECT...INTO in my book, with a short paragraph showing
> CREATE TABLE...AS is equivalent. Which one should I use in my book as
> the preferred?
imho CREATE TABLE/AS should be emphasized, since SELECT/INTO hides the
fact that a table gets created, which is a fundamental operation here.
DDF vs DDL vs some other acronym etc etc.
- Thomas
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Thomas Lockhart lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu
South Pasadena, California
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