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select into...

From
"Tena Sakai"
Date:

Hi Everybody,

I want to execute a query below:

  select *
    into my_table
    from old_table
   where (some_condition);

The trouble is that the manual page states that this would
"SELECT INTO creates a new table and fills it with data
computed by a query."

What I want is to append my_table.  Is there any way to
get postgres to do what I want done?

Thank you in advance.

Regards,

Tena Sakai
tsakai@gallo.ucsf.edu

Re: select into...

From
Scott Marlowe
Date:
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Tena Sakai <tsakai@gallo.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> Hi Everybody,
>
> I want to execute a query below:
>
>   select *
>     into my_table
>     from old_table
>    where (some_condition);
>
> The trouble is that the manual page states that this would
> "SELECT INTO creates a new table and fills it with data
> computed by a query."
>
> What I want is to append my_table.  Is there any way to
> get postgres to do what I want done?

You want insert:

insert into my_table select yada from old_table;

Re: select into...

From
"Kevin Grittner"
Date:
>>> "Tena Sakai" <tsakai@gallo.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> What I want is to append my_table.  Is there any way
> to get postgres to do what I want done?

PostgreSQL supports the SQL standard syntax for this:

insert into my_table
  select *
    from old_table
    where (some_condition);

-Kevin

Re: select into...

From
"Tena Sakai"
Date:

Many thanks, Scott.

Tena Sakai


-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Marlowe [mailto:scott.marlowe@gmail.com]
Sent: Mon 3/16/2009 4:12 PM
To: Tena Sakai
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] select into...

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Tena Sakai <tsakai@gallo.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> Hi Everybody,
>
> I want to execute a query below:
>
>   select *
>     into my_table
>     from old_table
>    where (some_condition);
>
> The trouble is that the manual page states that this would
> "SELECT INTO creates a new table and fills it with data
> computed by a query."
>
> What I want is to append my_table.  Is there any way to
> get postgres to do what I want done?

You want insert:

insert into my_table select yada from old_table;

Re: select into...

From
"Tena Sakai"
Date:

Thank you, Fernando.
Thank you, Kevin.

Regards,

Tena Sakai
tsakai@gallo.ucsf.edu


-----Original Message-----
From: Fernando Arancibia [mailto:farancibia@iswitch.cl]
Sent: Mon 3/16/2009 4:13 PM
To: Tena Sakai
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] select into...

Hi, try
insert into my_table select * from old_table where (some_condition);

bye
Fernando.

2009/3/16 Tena Sakai <tsakai@gallo.ucsf.edu>

>  Hi Everybody,
>
> I want to execute a query below:
>
>   select *
>     into my_table
>     from old_table
>    where (some_condition);
>
> The trouble is that the manual page states that this would
> "SELECT INTO creates a new table and fills it with data
> computed by a query."
>
> What I want is to append my_table.  Is there any way to
> get postgres to do what I want done?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tena Sakai
> tsakai@gallo.ucsf.edu
>
>

Re: select into...

From
Fernando Arancibia
Date:
Hi, try

insert into my_table select * from old_table where (some_condition);

bye 
Fernando.

2009/3/16 Tena Sakai <tsakai@gallo.ucsf.edu>

Hi Everybody,

I want to execute a query below:

  select *
    into my_table
    from old_table
   where (some_condition);

The trouble is that the manual page states that this would
"SELECT INTO creates a new table and fills it with data
computed by a query."

What I want is to append my_table.  Is there any way to
get postgres to do what I want done?

Thank you in advance.

Regards,

Tena Sakai
tsakai@gallo.ucsf.edu