Re: [GENERAL] Re: temp table creation

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Alfonso Peniche <alfonso@iteso.mx>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, PostgreSQL-documentation <pgsql-docs@postgresql.org>
Date: 2001-03-20T16:47:41Z
Lists: pgsql-general
> Yes Bruce, IT IS In the new documentation (7.1 release), but not in previous
> versions. If you want me to be specific, it's in the reference manual under
> SQL Commands - CREATE TABLE AS.....
> 
> Cheers

Great.  Seemed like a nifty trick to get around a parser problem.



> 
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> > This should be in the docs somewhere.  Is it?
> >
> > > Alfonso Peniche <alfonso@iteso.mx> writes:
> > > > In that case, how could I create a temporary table from plpgsql?
> > >
> > > CREATE [TEMP] TABLE foo AS SELECT ...
> > >
> > > This is equivalent to SELECT INTO [TEMP] foo in regular SQL, and
> > > does not change meaning in plpgsql.
> > >
> > >                       regards, tom lane
> > >
> >
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> 


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