| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Alfonso Peniche <alfonso(at)iteso(dot)mx>, PostgreSQL-documentation <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Re: [GENERAL] Re: temp table creation |
| Date: | 2001-03-20 18:02:22 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.30.0103201901390.1639-100000@peter.localdomain |
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Tom Lane writes:
> the spec contemplates INTO as introducing a list of scalar variables to
> be assigned to. plpgsql and ecpg both use this meaning for SELECT INTO.
>
> Would anyone object if I add text to the SELECT INTO ref page that
> points this out, and recommends CREATE TABLE AS as the preferred
> syntax?
I agree. SELECT INTO is misnamed; it sounds like INSERT ... SELECT.
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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://yi.org/peter-e/
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