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</programlisting>
</para>
+ <para>
+ To copy into a file just the countries whose names start with 'A'
+ using a temporary table which is automatically deleted:
+<programlisting>
+BEGIN;
+CREATE TEMP TABLE a_list_COUNTRIES AS
+ SELECT * FROM country WHERE country_name LIKE 'A%';
+COPY a_list_countries TO '/usr1/proj/bray/sql/a_list_countries.copy';
+ROLLBACK;
+</programlisting>
+ </para>
+
<para>
Here is a sample of data suitable for copying into a table from
<literal>STDIN</literal>: