> In Oracle, temp tables occupy the same name space. One can not have two or more
> users with the same temp table name without it being the same table. This is
> why temp tables are not as used as one would think in Oracle.
>
> To use a temp table in Oracle you have to some up with some random naming
> scheme. It really blows. Because of this Oracle developers have long stayed
> away from temp tables.
Wow, that really does stink. I know Informix can't have a temp table
with the same name as a real table, and I thought that was bad, but
Oracle is much worse.
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