Re: how does a temp table work?

From: Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: how does a temp table work?
Date: 2007-07-11 19:36:54
Message-ID: 46953156.4060902@cox.net
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On 07/11/07 12:06, Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 10:28:25PM +0530, Joshua N Pritikin wrote:
>> and foo is executed from different transactions in parallel then each
>> transaction will see its own private temp table, right?
>
> They will see their own private temp tables _no matter what_.
> There's no "shared temp table" support in Postgres.

Will GLOBAL TEMP tables be added any time soon?

I know the docs say that the standards implies needing modules, but
"shared definition" is really handy. We use regularly such GLOBAL
TEMP tables without modules.

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA

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