Re: plpgsql select into

From: Roger Mason <rmason(at)mun(dot)ca>
To: pgsql-novice <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: plpgsql select into
Date: 2021-08-21 10:54:21
Message-ID: y65y28voyoy.fsf@mun.ca
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David G. Johnston writes:

> I suggest you should pretend that SQL's "SELECT INTO" doesn't exist. If
> you want to create a table from a result write: "CREATE TABLE AS" and then
> a normal select query. In particular the entire "action" command is kept
> whole instead of needing to put a bunch of column names in between the
> "SELECT" and the "INTO" - and you also are less likely to confuse the
> plpgsql feature of the same form.

Thank you David. I will try to heed that advice.

Roger

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