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Claire McLister wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using a pgsql function that begins by creating a temporary
> table, does some processing, and then drops the temporary table just
> before exiting. It has been working fine for a while now, but
> suddenly complains for some calls that "Relation with OID" does not
> exist, at the point when it is executing the DROP table command.
>
> The general scheme is as follows:
>
> CREATE FUNCTION Foo(Integer) AS
> '
> BEGIN
> CREATE Temporary Table Bar AS (a left outer join of two tables)
> Do processing
> DROP Table Bar;
> RETURN 1;
> END
> '
>
> This is for Postgresql version 7.4.8
>
> Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Should I try to use 'ON
> COMMIT DROP' instead?
>
> Thanks
>
> Claire
>
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