Thread: SELECT * INTO TABLE is not working for me.

SELECT * INTO TABLE is not working for me.

From
Roy Souther
Date:
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

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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Re: SELECT * INTO TABLE is not working for me.

From
"Richard Huxton"
Date:
From: "Roy Souther" <roy@silicontao.com>

> 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
>
> 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?

Works here - can you give version info etc?

richardh=> select * into table foo2 from foo;
SELECT
richardh=> select * from foo2;a |                b
---+----------------------------------4 | Jack Smith5 | Andrea Ottwick
(2 rows)

- Richard Huxton



Re: SELECT * INTO TABLE is not working for me.

From
"Sergey E. Volkov"
Date:
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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?
>
> --
> Roy Souther <roy@silicontao.com>
>
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