Обсуждение: Re: [HACKERS] INSERT INTO

Is this done?


> The pages at http://postgresql.nextpath.com/docs/user/sql-select.htm and
> http://postgresql.nextpath.com/docs/user/sql-insert.htm imply that SELECT
> INTO and INSERT INTO <table> SELECT <query> will work with existing
> tables but in fact it always creates the table and issues an error if
> they already exist.  What needs to be fixed here?  The code or the docs?
> 
> -- 
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> 
> 


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> Is this done?
> > The pages at http://postgresql.nextpath.com/docs/user/sql-select.htm and
> > http://postgresql.nextpath.com/docs/user/sql-insert.htm imply that SELECT
> > INTO and INSERT INTO <table> SELECT <query> will work with existing
> > tables but in fact it always creates the table and issues an error if
> > they already exist.  What needs to be fixed here?  The code or the docs?

I posted the correction.  I think Tom Lane is putting it into the docs.

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D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy@{druid|vex}.net>   |  Democracy is three wolves
http://www.druid.net/darcy/                |  and a sheep voting on
+1 416 424 2871     (DoD#0082)    (eNTP)   |  what's for dinner.

> I posted the correction.  I think Tom Lane is putting it into the docs.

Actually, the other tgl has some patches :)
                  - Thomas

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Thomas Lockhart                lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu
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"D'Arcy" "J.M." Cain <darcy@druid.net> writes:
> I posted the correction.  I think Tom Lane is putting it into the docs.

Not me --- Lockhart.

I know it's confusing having two guys with the initials tgl on the
same project ;-).
        regards, tom lane

Thus spake Tom Lane
> "D'Arcy" "J.M." Cain <darcy@druid.net> writes:
> > I posted the correction.  I think Tom Lane is putting it into the docs.
> 
> Not me --- Lockhart.
> 
> I know it's confusing having two guys with the initials tgl on the
> same project ;-).

Sheesh!  We'll just have to get together somewhere all together for a beer
and straighten all this out.  :-)

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D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy@{druid|vex}.net>   |  Democracy is three wolves
http://www.druid.net/darcy/                |  and a sheep voting on
+1 416 424 2871     (DoD#0082)    (eNTP)   |  what's for dinner.