doc: Clarify status of SELECT INTO on reference page
authorPeter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
Sat, 30 Jan 2021 10:05:15 +0000 (11:05 +0100)
committerPeter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
Sat, 30 Jan 2021 10:21:32 +0000 (11:21 +0100)
commit65330622441d7ee08f768c4326825ae903f2595a
tree9aa5e370900f247079bffb2d365cbeb5723532f8
parent6aaaa76bb47db11cd6f567eafa3d1ee81ca59556
doc: Clarify status of SELECT INTO on reference page

The documentation as well as source code comments weren't entirely
clear whether SELECT INTO was truly deprecated (thus in theory
destined to be removed eventually), or just a less recommended
variant.  After discussion, it appears that other implementations also
use SELECT INTO in direct SQL in a way similar to PostgreSQL, so it
seems worth keeping it for compatibility.  Update the language in the
documentation to that effect.

Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/96dc0df3-e13a-a85d-d045-d6e2c85218da%40enterprisedb.com
doc/src/sgml/ref/select_into.sgml