SELECT INTO

Description

SELECT INTO creates a new table and fills it with data computed by a query. The data is not returned to the client, as it is with a normal SELECT. The new table's columns have the names and data types associated with the output columns of the SELECT.

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The SELECT INTO is translated to CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE AS in snowflake.

Grammar Syntax

[ WITH [ RECURSIVE ] with_query [, ...] ]
SELECT [ALL | DISTINCT [ON ( expression [, ...] )]]
    * | expression [AS output_name] [, ...]
    INTO [TEMPORARY | TEMP | UNLOGGED ] [TABLE] new_table
    [FROM from_item [, ...]]
    [WHERE condition]
    [GROUP BY expression [, ...]]
    [HAVING condition [, ...]]
    [{UNION | INTERSECT | EXCEPT} [ALL | DISTINCT ] select]
    [ORDER BY expression [ASC | DESC | USING operator] [NULLS {FIRST | LAST}] [, ...]]
    [LIMIT {count | ALL}]
    [OFFSET start [ ROW | ROWS ] ]
    [FETCH { FIRST | NEXT } [ count ] { ROW | ROWS } ONLY ]
    [FOR {UPDATE | SHARE} [OF table_name [, ...]] [NOWAIT] 
    [...]]

Sample Source Patterns

PostgreSQL

SELECT Col1, Col2 INTO NewTable FROM OldTable;

Snowflake

CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE NewTable AS
SELECT Col1, Col2
-- ** MSC-WARNING - MSC-PG0017 - SELECT WITH INTO CLAUSE IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH SNOWFLAKE, IT IS TRANSFORMED TO A CREATE TABLE AS. **
--                  INTO NewTable
                                FROM
OldTable;

Related EWIs

1. MSC-PG0016: The lock level is handled automatically in Snowflake.
2. MSC-PG0017: Select with Into clause is not compatible with snowflake, it is transformed to a Create Table As.
3. MSC-PG0018: Select with Into clause is not compatible with snowflake, it is transformed to a Create Table As And unlogged is not compatible with snowflake, all transactions are logged.