Re: create table with a CTE

On 2020-11-15 04:55, David G. Johnston wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 6:21 AM PG Doc comments form
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> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/sql-createtableas.html
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> Hi.
> I think you should include an example on how to create a table
> from a query
> that uses a CTE in the query.
>
>
> [shrug]
> The obvious attempt to specify:
>
> create table cte_tbl as
> WITH cte (val) AS (select 1)
> SELECT * FROM cte;
>
> works so I'm not really sure that such an example adds valuable insight.

That is probably a totaly worthless example for a experienced user.

The only insight would be for a new user that "oh, I can do it like that".