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From: Roger Mason <[email protected]>
To: pgsql-novice <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: plpgsql select into
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2021 08:24:21 -0230
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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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