> Thanks! I got the gist even with the typo. I actually pondered about > prepare/execute after hitting send. Am I correct in remembering that > "CREATE TEMP TABLE" cannot be prepared? I was using the actual query with > CREATE TEMP TABLE and then issuing "\copy" to dump the result out to the > file. The limitation of copy to having to be written on a single line > makes the intermediary temporary table seem almost a necessity.
CREATE TEMP TABLE AS EXECUTE
Thanks.
Though unless I need to work on the temp table I think:
PREPARE ...;
\copy (EXECUTE ...) TO '~/temp.csv' ...;
Gives the best of all worlds.
Except that server "COPY" only is documented to accept a "query" that begins with either SELECT or VALUES :(
I hereby voice my desire for EXECUTE to be usable as well.
