Re: Non-standard feature request - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Non-standard feature request
Date
Msg-id 200206141621.g5EGLQh05896@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Non-standard feature request  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Mike Mascari <mascarm@mascari.com> writes:
> > ... Would it be possible to have either a GUC setting or a grammar
> > change to allow TEMPORARY tables to be dropped at transaction commit?
> 
> This seems like a not unreasonable idea; but the lack of other responses
> suggests that the market for such a feature isn't there.  Perhaps you
> should try to drum up some interest on pgsql-general and/or pgsql-sql.

I was wondering if it made sense to remove temp tables on transaction
finish if the temp table was created in the transaction?  That wouldn't
require any syntax change.  Seems non-standard though, and I can imagine
a few cases where you wouldn't want it.

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