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SELECT INTO

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 ]
[ [ START WITH expression ] CONNECT BY expression ]
[ GROUP BY ALL | expression [, ...] ]
[ HAVING condition ]
[ QUALIFY condition ]
[ { UNION | ALL | INTERSECT | EXCEPT | MINUS } 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;