diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table_as.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table_as.sgml
index d298e1a5ea1d622d83d0ad2238520413b843c6b3..0f648d56b3a93ca864d9111fb8993bf2f9ca077a 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table_as.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table_as.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table_as.sgml,v 1.13 2003/05/04 00:03:55 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table_as.sgml,v 1.14 2003/07/01 00:04:31 petere Exp $
 PostgreSQL documentation
 -->
 
@@ -26,11 +26,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } ] TABLE <replaceable>table_name
 
   <para>
    <command>CREATE TABLE AS</command> creates a table and fills it
-   with data computed by a <command>SELECT</command> command.  The
-   table columns have the names and data types associated with the
-   output columns of the <command>SELECT</command> (except that you
-   can override the column names by giving an explicit list of new
-   column names).
+   with data computed by a <command>SELECT</command> command or an
+   <command>EXECUTE</command> that runs a prepared
+   <command>SELECT</command> command.  The table columns have the
+   names and data types associated with the output columns of the
+   <command>SELECT</command> (except that you can override the column
+   names by giving an explicit list of new column names).
   </para>
 
   <para>
@@ -73,7 +74,9 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } ] TABLE <replaceable>table_name
      <para>
       The name of a column in the new table.  If column names are not
       provided, they are taken from the output column names of the
-      query.
+      query.  If the table is created out of an
+      <command>EXECUTE</command> command, a column name list can
+      currently not be specified.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
@@ -82,10 +85,12 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } ] TABLE <replaceable>table_name
     <term><replaceable>query</replaceable></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      A query statement (that is, a <command>SELECT</command>
-      command).  Refer to
-      <xref linkend="sql-select" endterm="sql-select-title">
-      for a description of the allowed syntax.
+      A query statement (that is, a <command>SELECT</command> command
+      or an <command>EXECUTE</command> command that runs a prepared
+      <command>SELECT</command> command).  Refer to <xref
+      linkend="sql-select" endterm="sql-select-title"> or <xref
+      linkend="sql-execute" endterm="sql-execute-title">,
+      respectively, for a description of the allowed syntax.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
@@ -96,9 +101,11 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } ] TABLE <replaceable>table_name
   <title>Diagnostics</title>
 
   <para>
-   Refer to <xref linkend="sql-createtable" endterm="sql-createtable-title"> and
-   <xref linkend="sql-select" endterm="sql-select-title">
-   for a summary of possible output messages.
+   Refer to <xref linkend="sql-createtable"
+   endterm="sql-createtable-title">, <xref linkend="sql-select"
+   endterm="sql-select-title">, and <xref linkend="sql-execute"
+   endterm="sql-execute-title"> for a summary of possible output
+   messages.
   </para>
  </refsect1>
 
@@ -131,6 +138,7 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } ] TABLE <replaceable>table_name
   <simplelist type="inline">
    <member><xref linkend="sql-createtable" endterm="sql-createtable-title"></member>
    <member><xref linkend="sql-createview" endterm="sql-createview-title"></member>
+   <member><xref linkend="sql-execute" endterm="sql-execute-title"></member>
    <member><xref linkend="sql-select" endterm="sql-select-title"></member>
    <member><xref linkend="sql-selectinto" endterm="sql-selectinto-title"></member>
   </simplelist>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/execute.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/execute.sgml
index f4b0a062fc8e0400c37bf7b5aeedc56c1f83fd0b..7704b8ce27b67ade824d66ced73b88eca1c8dfeb 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/execute.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/execute.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/execute.sgml,v 1.4 2003/04/26 23:56:51 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/execute.sgml,v 1.5 2003/07/01 00:04:31 petere Exp $
 PostgreSQL documentation
 -->
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
 
  <refsynopsisdiv>
 <synopsis>
-EXECUTE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">plan_name</replaceable> [ (<replaceable class="PARAMETER">parameter</replaceable> [, ...] ) ] [ INTO [ TEMPORARY | TEMP ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable> ]
+EXECUTE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">plan_name</replaceable> [ (<replaceable class="PARAMETER">parameter</replaceable> [, ...] ) ]
 </synopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>
 
@@ -40,13 +40,6 @@ EXECUTE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">plan_name</replaceable> [ (<replaceable c
    name of a prepared statement must be unique within a database session.
   </para>
 
-  <para>
-   Like <command>SELECT INTO</command>, <command>EXECUTE</command> can
-   store the results of executing a query into a newly-created
-   table, by specifying an <literal>INTO</> clause. For more information on this behavior,
-   see <xref linkend="sql-selectinto" endterm="sql-selectinto-title">.
-  </para>
-
   <para>
    For more information on the creation and usage of prepared statements,
    see <xref linkend="sql-prepare" endterm="sql-prepare-title">.
@@ -78,18 +71,6 @@ EXECUTE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">plan_name</replaceable> [ (<replaceable c
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
-
-   <varlistentry>
-    <term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable></term>
-    <listitem>
-     <para>
-      The name of the table in which to store the results of executing
-      the statement (if it is a <command>SELECT</command>). If no
-      table is specified, the results are returned to the client (as
-      normal).
-     </para>
-    </listitem>
-   </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </refsect1>
 
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/prepare.c b/src/backend/commands/prepare.c
index 433fd8e049e86a7a4c8419ac43a2385c6c40f981..dad1b7f703c6cff910aa0ba0bb83be8cc4cfdd95 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/prepare.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/prepare.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2002-2003, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/prepare.c,v 1.18 2003/05/08 18:16:36 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/prepare.c,v 1.19 2003/07/01 00:04:31 petere Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -140,10 +140,10 @@ ExecuteQuery(ExecuteStmt *stmt, DestReceiver *dest)
 	portal = CreateNewPortal();
 
 	/*
-	 * For EXECUTE INTO, make a copy of the stored query so that we can
-	 * modify its destination (yech, but INTO has always been ugly).
-	 * For regular EXECUTE we can just use the stored query where it sits,
-	 * since the executor is read-only.
+	 * For CREATE TABLE / AS EXECUTE, make a copy of the stored query
+	 * so that we can modify its destination (yech, but this has
+	 * always been ugly).  For regular EXECUTE we can just use the
+	 * stored query where it sits, since the executor is read-only.
 	 */
 	if (stmt->into)
 	{
@@ -159,10 +159,10 @@ ExecuteQuery(ExecuteStmt *stmt, DestReceiver *dest)
 		qcontext = PortalGetHeapMemory(portal);
 
 		if (length(query_list) != 1)
-			elog(ERROR, "INTO clause specified for non-SELECT query");
+			elog(ERROR, "prepared statement is not a SELECT");
 		query = (Query *) lfirst(query_list);
 		if (query->commandType != CMD_SELECT)
-			elog(ERROR, "INTO clause specified for non-SELECT query");
+			elog(ERROR, "prepared statement is not a SELECT");
 		query->into = copyObject(stmt->into);
 
 		MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldContext);
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ ExplainExecuteQuery(ExplainStmt *stmt, TupOutputState *tstate)
 			if (execstmt->into)
 			{
 				if (query->commandType != CMD_SELECT)
-					elog(ERROR, "INTO clause specified for non-SELECT query");
+					elog(ERROR, "prepared statement is not a SELECT");
 
 				/* Copy the query so we can modify it */
 				query = copyObject(query);
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/gram.y b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
index a8df7c65e9dfe376d82464e09cc0c41ff7dc4426..fbd70807dff039c05a6b73d115d2984f8bb13450 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/gram.y
+++ b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/gram.y,v 2.423 2003/06/29 00:33:43 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/gram.y,v 2.424 2003/07/01 00:04:31 petere Exp $
  *
  * HISTORY
  *	  AUTHOR			DATE			MAJOR EVENT
@@ -4116,17 +4116,29 @@ PreparableStmt:
 
 /*****************************************************************************
  *
- *		QUERY:
- *				EXECUTE <plan_name> [(params, ...)] [INTO ...]
+ * EXECUTE <plan_name> [(params, ...)]
+ * CREATE TABLE <name> AS EXECUTE <plan_name> [(params, ...)]
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 
-ExecuteStmt: EXECUTE name execute_param_clause into_clause
+ExecuteStmt: EXECUTE name execute_param_clause
 				{
 					ExecuteStmt *n = makeNode(ExecuteStmt);
 					n->name = $2;
 					n->params = $3;
+					n->into = NULL;
+					$$ = (Node *) n;
+				}
+			| CREATE OptTemp TABLE qualified_name OptCreateAs AS EXECUTE name execute_param_clause
+				{
+					ExecuteStmt *n = makeNode(ExecuteStmt);
+					n->name = $8;
+					n->params = $9;
+					$4->istemp = $2;
 					n->into = $4;
+					if ($5)
+						elog(ERROR, "column name list not allowed in CREATE TABLE / AS EXECUTE");
+					/* ... because it's not implemented, but it could be */
 					$$ = (Node *) n;
 				}
 		;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/prepare.out b/src/test/regress/expected/prepare.out
index 629e444fb7b7fbce78823dc9ac5865dfb78744dd..04ab65b718ff982e9459ce3ff3543f9a0cb18e72 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/prepare.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/prepare.out
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ ERROR:  Parameter $3 of type boolean cannot be coerced into the expected type do
 -- invalid type
 PREPARE q4(nonexistenttype) AS SELECT $1;
 ERROR:  Type "nonexistenttype" does not exist
--- execute into
+-- create table as execute
 PREPARE q5(int, text) AS
 	SELECT * FROM tenk1 WHERE unique1 = $1 OR stringu1 = $2;
-EXECUTE q5(200, 'DTAAAA') INTO TEMPORARY q5_prep_results;
+CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE q5_prep_results AS EXECUTE q5(200, 'DTAAAA');
 SELECT * FROM q5_prep_results;
  unique1 | unique2 | two | four | ten | twenty | hundred | thousand | twothousand | fivethous | tenthous | odd | even | stringu1 | stringu2 | string4 
 ---------+---------+-----+------+-----+--------+---------+----------+-------------+-----------+----------+-----+------+----------+----------+---------
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/prepare.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/prepare.sql
index ee8df42e0e1b74cbd71f895285e72715335afa98..fc6924307da9f79c9fe5b52e408ff37b02ec4609 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/prepare.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/prepare.sql
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ EXECUTE q3(5::smallint, 10.5::float, false, 500::oid, 4::bigint, 'bytea');
 -- invalid type
 PREPARE q4(nonexistenttype) AS SELECT $1;
 
--- execute into
+-- create table as execute
 PREPARE q5(int, text) AS
 	SELECT * FROM tenk1 WHERE unique1 = $1 OR stringu1 = $2;
-EXECUTE q5(200, 'DTAAAA') INTO TEMPORARY q5_prep_results;
+CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE q5_prep_results AS EXECUTE q5(200, 'DTAAAA');
 SELECT * FROM q5_prep_results;