> IMHO temporary tables could be made significantly faster than "ordinary"
> as they are only accessed inside one session and thus have no need for
> locking or even WAL as they could do with max 2 copies of the same row
> the other of which can be discarded at end of transaction thereby making
> it possible to provide much faster insert behaviour.
I am somewhat confused. What does the max 2 copies issue have to do with
inserts, where you only have one copy of the row anyway ?
Andreas
