Thread: Getting show results into a table

Little, Douglas wrote:

> Is there a way in sql to get the results of the show all command into a table?
>
> I'm expecting something like
> Insert into Config_history as select * from (show all);

insert into Config_history
  select name, setting, short_desc from pg_settings;

or maybe:

create table config_history as
  select name, setting, short_desc as description from pg_settings;

-Kevin

On Wed, 2012-11-28 at 12:38 -0600, Little, Douglas wrote:
> Is there a way in sql to get the results of the show all command into a table?
>

SELECT name, setting, short_desc FROM pg_settings

> I'm expecting  something like
> Insert into Config_history as select * from (show all);
>

INSERT INTO config_history
  SELECT name, setting, short_desc FROM pg_settings;

That should work.


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Guillaume
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Thanks everybody.    Always wondered where the command was sourcing the data.

Thanks

-----Original Message-----
From: Guillaume Lelarge [mailto:guillaume@lelarge.info] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 3:24 PM
To: Little, Douglas
Cc: PostgreSQL General (pgsql-general@postgresql.org)
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Getting show results into a table

On Wed, 2012-11-28 at 12:38 -0600, Little, Douglas wrote:
> Is there a way in sql to get the results of the show all command into a table?
> 

SELECT name, setting, short_desc FROM pg_settings

> I'm expecting  something like
> Insert into Config_history as select * from (show all);
> 

INSERT INTO config_history
  SELECT name, setting, short_desc FROM pg_settings;

That should work.


-- 
Guillaume
http://blog.guillaume.lelarge.info
http://www.dalibo.com