Thank you Michael. I did see the behavior you mentioned when two sessions had
temp tables with the same name. Your way is much better.
On Friday 30 September 2005 01:30 pm, Michael Fuhr saith:
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 06:53:25AM -0400, Terry Lee Tucker wrote:
> > To answer at least part of my own question:
> >
> > SELECT oid FROM pg_class WHERE relname = 'cust';
> >
> > apparently gives the tableoid.
>
> This query should restrict its results with pg_table_is_visible() --
> otherwise you might get the wrong oid if the temporary table has
> the same name as a non-temporary table, or if multiple sessions
> have temporary tables with the same name.
>
> Here's another way:
>
> SELECT 'cust'::regclass::oid;
>
> --
> Michael Fuhr
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