On Monday, August 21, 2023, jian he <jian.universal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi. > > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-explain.html > >>> > Any SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, MERGE, VALUES, EXECUTE, DECLARE, > CREATE TABLE AS, or CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW AS statement, whose > execution plan you wish to see. > >>> > > seems you can use it with SELECT INTO. > > explain (ANALYZE, BUFFERS, TIMING, VERBOSE ON, BUFFERS ON, WAL ON,SETTINGS > ON) > select count(*) as cnt INTO s from tenk1; > > We try not to encourage such things. And CTAS is listed. David J.