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+<!--
+doc/src/sgml/ref/select_into.sgml
+PostgreSQL documentation
+-->
+
+<refentry id="sql-selectinto">
+ <indexterm zone="sql-selectinto">
+  <primary>SELECT INTO</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <refmeta>
+  <refentrytitle>SELECT INTO</refentrytitle>
+  <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
+  <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+  <refname>SELECT INTO</refname>
+  <refpurpose>define a new table from the results of a query</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+<synopsis>
+[ WITH [ RECURSIVE ] <replaceable class="parameter">with_query</replaceable> [, ...] ]
+SELECT [ ALL | DISTINCT [ ON ( <replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ) ] ]
+    * | <replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable> [ [ AS ] <replaceable class="parameter">output_name</replaceable> ] [, ...]
+    INTO [ TEMPORARY | TEMP | UNLOGGED ] [ TABLE ] <replaceable class="parameter">new_table</replaceable>
+    [ FROM <replaceable class="parameter">from_item</replaceable> [, ...] ]
+    [ WHERE <replaceable class="parameter">condition</replaceable> ]
+    [ GROUP BY <replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable> [, ...] ]
+    [ HAVING <replaceable class="parameter">condition</replaceable> ]
+    [ WINDOW <replaceable class="parameter">window_name</replaceable> AS ( <replaceable class="parameter">window_definition</replaceable> ) [, ...] ]
+    [ { UNION | INTERSECT | EXCEPT } [ ALL | DISTINCT ] <replaceable class="parameter">select</replaceable> ]
+    [ ORDER BY <replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable> [ ASC | DESC | USING <replaceable class="parameter">operator</replaceable> ] [ NULLS { FIRST | LAST } ] [, ...] ]
+    [ LIMIT { <replaceable class="parameter">count</replaceable> | ALL } ]
+    [ OFFSET <replaceable class="parameter">start</replaceable> [ ROW | ROWS ] ]
+    [ FETCH { FIRST | NEXT } [ <replaceable class="parameter">count</replaceable> ] { ROW | ROWS } ONLY ]
+    [ FOR { UPDATE | SHARE } [ OF <replaceable class="parameter">table_name</replaceable> [, ...] ] [ NOWAIT ] [...] ]
+</synopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+  <title>Description</title>
+
+  <para>
+   <command>SELECT INTO</command> creates a new table and fills it
+   with data computed by a query.  The data is not returned to the
+   client, as it is with a normal <command>SELECT</command>.  The new
+   table's columns have the names and data types associated with the
+   output columns of the <command>SELECT</command>.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+  <title>Parameters</title>
+
+  <variablelist>
+  <varlistentry>
+   <term><literal>TEMPORARY</literal> or <literal>TEMP</literal></term>
+   <listitem>
+    <para>
+     If specified, the table is created as a temporary table.  Refer
+     to <xref linkend="sql-createtable"/> for details.
+    </para>
+   </listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+
+  <varlistentry>
+   <term><literal>UNLOGGED</literal></term>
+   <listitem>
+    <para>
+     If specified, the table is created as an unlogged table.  Refer
+     to <xref linkend="sql-createtable"/> for details.
+    </para>
+   </listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term><replaceable class="parameter">new_table</replaceable></term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the table to be created.
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+  </variablelist>
+
+  <para>
+   All other parameters are described in detail under <xref
+   linkend="sql-select"/>.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+  <title>Notes</title>
+
+  <para>
+   <link linkend="sql-createtableas"><command>CREATE TABLE AS</command></link> is functionally similar to
+   <command>SELECT INTO</command>.  <command>CREATE TABLE AS</command>
+   is the recommended syntax, since this form of <command>SELECT
+   INTO</command> is not available in <application>ECPG</application>
+   or <application>PL/pgSQL</application>, because they interpret the
+   <literal>INTO</literal> clause differently. Furthermore,
+   <command>CREATE TABLE AS</command> offers a superset of the
+   functionality provided by <command>SELECT INTO</command>.
+  </para>
+
+  <para>
+   In contrast to <command>CREATE TABLE AS</command>, <command>SELECT
+   INTO</command> does not allow specifying properties like a table's access
+   method with <xref linkend="sql-createtable-method" /> or the table's
+   tablespace with <xref linkend="sql-createtable-tablespace" />. Use
+   <command>CREATE TABLE AS</command> if necessary.  Therefore, the default table
+   access method is chosen for the new table. See <xref
+   linkend="guc-default-table-access-method"/> for more information.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+  <title>Examples</title>
+
+  <para>
+   Create a new table <literal>films_recent</literal> consisting of only
+   recent entries from the table <literal>films</literal>:
+
+<programlisting>
+SELECT * INTO films_recent FROM films WHERE date_prod &gt;= '2002-01-01';
+</programlisting></para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+  <title>Compatibility</title>
+
+  <para>
+   The SQL standard uses <command>SELECT INTO</command> to
+   represent selecting values into scalar variables of a host program,
+   rather than creating a new table.  This indeed is the usage found
+   in <application>ECPG</application> (see <xref linkend="ecpg"/>) and
+   <application>PL/pgSQL</application> (see <xref linkend="plpgsql"/>).
+   The <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> usage of <command>SELECT
+   INTO</command> to represent table creation is historical.  Some other SQL
+   implementations also use <command>SELECT INTO</command> in this way (but
+   most SQL implementations support <command>CREATE TABLE AS</command>
+   instead).  Apart from such compatibility considerations, it is best to use
+   <command>CREATE TABLE AS</command> for this purpose in new code.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+  <title>See Also</title>
+
+  <simplelist type="inline">
+   <member><xref linkend="sql-createtableas"/></member>
+  </simplelist>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>