Re: CREATE TABLE AS, section IF NOT EXISTS should clarify what happens to the data

On Wed, Feb  9, 2022 at 01:02:51PM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
> 
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/sql-createtableas.html
> Description:
> 
> If I create a table with CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS table_name AS, and the
> table exists already, I get a NOTICE instead of an ERROR.
> 
> I wanted to have it clarified explicitly that the data from the SELECT
> statement is ignored in this case.

Good point.  Attached is a documentation patch to clarify this.

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