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Re: [Patch] Temporary tables that do not bloat pg_catalog (a.k.a fast temp tables) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Aleksander Alekseev
Subject Re: [Patch] Temporary tables that do not bloat pg_catalog (a.k.a fast temp tables)
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Msg-id 20160815131838.592c5667@e733
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In response to Re: [Patch] Temporary tables that do not bloat pg_catalog (a.k.a fast temp tables)  (Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: [Patch] Temporary tables that do not bloat pg_catalog (a.k.a fast temp tables)  (Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>)
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> The global temporary tables has persistent rows in the catalogue. The
> mapping to files can be marked as special and real mapping should be
> only in memory.
> 
> So the changes in catalogue related to global temporary tables are
> pretty less frequently.

I'm afraid I still don't get it. Let say I have an application that
does `CREATE TEMP TABLE xx ; DROP TABLE xx` in every session all the
time. Naturally there is not only one temp table per session. Could you
explain please in more detail how exactly do these persistent rows help?

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Best regards,
Aleksander Alekseev

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