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;
