cannot get CREATE TABLE AS to work - Mailing list pgsql-sql

I'm sure I'm doing something wrong, and I'm hoping someone can show me the
way of things.  Running 7.1beta5 on an Ultra 5, Solaris 2.6 w/256Mb mem.  If
I remove the AS, the table creates correctly and I can do the INSERT INTO
with the SELECT clause

psql -d tassiv -c "\
create table observationsII ( \
ra float8 not null, \
decl float8 not null, \
mag float8 not null, \
smag float8 not null, \
obs_id serial, \
file_id int4 references files on delete cascade, \
star_id int4 references comp_loc on delete set null default null ) \
AS select o.ra, o.decl, o.mag, o.smag, o.file_id from
observations o"

ERROR:  parser: parse error at or near "AS"

And the next question, should this really be taking 3 hours to insert 315446
records?  I noticed the disk is basically idle during the few times when I
watched.  Would this be because of the index created on obs_id?

time psql -d tassiv -c "insert into observationsII( ra, decl, mag, smag,
file_id ) select ra, decl, mag, smag, file_id from observations"
INSERT 0 315446
0.01u 0.01s 3:13:22.39 0.0%


Robert Creager
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