Selects rows defined by any query and inserts them into a new table. You can specify whether to create a temporary or a persistent table.
Syntax
[ WITH with_subquery [, ...] ] SELECT [ TOP number ] [ ALL | DISTINCT ] * | expression [ AS output_name ] [, ...] [ EXCLUDE column_list ] INTO [ TEMPORARY | TEMP ] [ TABLE ] new_table [ FROM table_reference [, ...] ] [ WHERE condition ] [ GROUP BY expression [, ...] ] [ HAVING condition [, ...] ] [ { UNION | INTERSECT | { EXCEPT | MINUS } } [ ALL ] query ] [ ORDER BY expression [ ASC | DESC ] [ LIMIT { number | ALL } ] [ OFFSET start ]
For details about the parameters of this command, see SELECT.
Examples
Select all of the rows from the EVENT table and create a NEWEVENT table:
select * into newevent from event;
Select the result of an aggregate query into a temporary table called PROFITS:
select username, lastname, sum(pricepaid-commission) as profit
into temp table profits
from sales, users
where sales.sellerid=users.userid
group by 1, 2
order by 3 desc;
