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Re: [Patch] Temporary tables that do not bloat pg_catalog (a.k.a fast temp tables) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [Patch] Temporary tables that do not bloat pg_catalog (a.k.a fast temp tables)
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Msg-id 14212.1470595566@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [Patch] Temporary tables that do not bloat pg_catalog (a.k.a fast temp tables)  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> I think the whole idea of a fast temporary table is that there are no
> catalog entries.  If there are no catalog entries, then dependencies
> are not visible.  If there ARE catalog entries, to what do they refer?
>  Without a pg_class entry for the table, there's no table OID upon
> which to depend.

TBH, I think that the chances of such a design getting committed are
not distinguishable from zero.  Tables have to have OIDs; there is just
too much code that assumes that.  And I seriously doubt that it will
work (for any large value of "work") without catalog entries.
        regards, tom lane

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