Re: SELECT * INTO TABLE is not working for me. - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Sergey E. Volkov
Subject Re: SELECT * INTO TABLE is not working for me.
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In response to SELECT * INTO TABLE is not working for me.  (Roy Souther <roy@silicontao.com>)
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> I am testing my SQL commands in pgaccess before I put them into my C++
code.
> Trying to copy a table using...
> SELECT * INTO TABLE copy_stuff FROM the_stuff

Works only when 'copy_stuff' table is not exists for now.
If you want to populate existing table, just use ' insert into copy_stuff
select * from the_stuff';

>
> It creates the view but no table called copy_stuff exists after I run it.
Why?
> I can use...
> CREATE TABLE copy_stuff AS SELECT * FROM the_stuff
> that works and makes a new table, but it causes other problems with the
> clients that this app is running from. I would like to make the SELECT *
INTO
> work. Any idea?
>
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> Roy Souther <roy@silicontao.com>
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