Re: [HACKERS] INSERT INTO

APplied.


> Thus spake Thomas Lockhart
> > > I think the docs for SELECT INTO should be changed, as (if memory
> > > serves) it always creates, while INSERT INTO should always require the
> > > table to already exist.
> > 
> > I went back and tested v6.3.2 and found the same behavior. D'Arcy,
> > would you have time to touch the docs? It would be in
> > 
> >   doc/src/sgml/ref/{insert,select}.sgml
> > 
> > Note that there is a separate section for SELECT INTO near the bottom
> > of select.sgml.
> 
> Does this cover it?
> 
> RCS file: RCS/select.sgml,v
> retrieving revision 1.1
> diff -c -r1.1 select.sgml
> *** select.sgml 1999/05/08 13:52:15     1.1
> --- select.sgml 1999/05/08 13:56:18
> ***************
> *** 85,92 ****
>         If the INTO TABLE clause is specified, the result of the
>         query will be stored in another table with the indicated
>         name.
> !       If <replaceable class="PARAMETER">new_table</replaceable> does
> !       not exist, it will be created automatically.
>         Refer to <command>SELECT INTO</command> for more information.
>         <note>
>          <para>
> --- 85,92 ----
>         If the INTO TABLE clause is specified, the result of the
>         query will be stored in another table with the indicated
>         name.
> !       The <replaceable class="PARAMETER">new_table</replaceable> will
> !       be created automatically and should not exist before this command.
>         Refer to <command>SELECT INTO</command> for more information.
>         <note>
>          <para>
> 
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