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<refentry id="SQL-CREATETABLEAS">
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle id="SQL-CREATETABLEAS-TITLE">
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CREATE TABLE AS
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</refentrytitle>
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<refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>
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CREATE TABLE AS
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</refname>
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<refpurpose>
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create a new table from the results of a query
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</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsynopsisdivinfo>
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<date>2001-03-03</date>
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</refsynopsisdivinfo>
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<synopsis>
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CREATE [ TEMPORARY | TEMP ] TABLE <replaceable>table</replaceable> [ (<replaceable>column</replaceable> [, ...] ) ]
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AS <replaceable>select_clause</replaceable>
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</synopsis>
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<refsect2>
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<refsect2info>
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<date>1998-09-22</date>
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</refsect2info>
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<title>
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Inputs
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</title>
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<para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>TEMPORARY or TEMP</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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If specified, the table is created only within this session, and is
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automatically dropped on session exit.
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Existing permanent tables with the same name are not visible
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(in this session) while the temporary table exists.
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Any indexes created on a temporary table are automatically
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temporary as well.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable>table</replaceable></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The name of the new table to be created.
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This table must not already exist. However, a temporary table
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can be created that has the same name as an existing permanent
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table.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable>column</replaceable></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The name of a column. Multiple column names can be specified using
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a comma-delimited list of column names. If column names are not
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provided, they are taken from the output column names of the
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SELECT query.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable>select_clause</replaceable></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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A valid query statement. Refer to
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<xref linkend="sql-select" endterm="sql-select-title">
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for a description of the allowed syntax.
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</para>
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<refsect2>
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<refsect2info>
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<date>1998-09-22</date>
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<title>
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Outputs
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<para>
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Refer to
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<xref linkend="sql-createtable" endterm="sql-createtable-title">
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and
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<xref linkend="sql-select" endterm="sql-select-title">
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for a summary of possible output messages.
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</para>
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</refsect2>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1>
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<refsect1info>
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<date>2001-03-20</date>
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</refsect1info>
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<title>
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Description
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<para>
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<command>CREATE TABLE AS</command> creates a table and fills it
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with data computed by a <command>SELECT</command> command. The
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table columns have the names and datatypes associated with the
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output columns of the <command>SELECT</command> (except that you
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can override the <command>SELECT</command> column names by giving
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an explicit list of column names).
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</para>
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<para>
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<command>CREATE TABLE AS</command> bears some resemblance to creating
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a view, but it is really quite different: it creates a new table and
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evaluates the <command>SELECT</command> just once to fill the new table
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initially. The new table will not track subsequent changes to
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the source tables of the <command>SELECT</command>. In contrast,
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a view re-evaluates the given <command>SELECT</command> whenever queried.
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</para>
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<para>
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This command is functionally equivalent to
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<xref linkend="sql-selectinto" endterm="sql-selectinto-title">,
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but it is preferred since it is less likely to be confused with
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other uses of the <command>SELECT ... INTO</command> syntax.
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