Re: creating a temp table in a function - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: creating a temp table in a function
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Msg-id 20080404202608.GJ12346@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: creating a temp table in a function  (Raymond O'Donnell <rod@iol.ie>)
List pgsql-general
Raymond O'Donnell wrote:
> On 04/04/2008 20:47, Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum wrote:
>
>>> I have a function that creates a temp table and drops it on commit.  If
>>> I run the function twice in the same psql interactive session, I get an
>>> error.  If I run it twice in two different psql sessions (using the -c
>>> flag), I get no error.  Is this expected behavior?  If so, why?
>>
>> Create a query in a text string and run the query with EXECUTE.
>
> Wasn't this fixed in 8.3? - Is it not the case that you no longer have
> to handle temp tables in plpgsql functions via EXECUTE?

Yes, it should work on 8.3.

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