Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:
>> This is really an unfortunate case where someone should have read the SQL
>> standard before putting in a feature. The SQL keyword is TEMPORARY, and
>> TEMP is really a popular name for a dummy table.
> So why not yank TEMP and require TEMPORARY?
Probably we ought to stop to ask why TEMP is in there to begin with;
perhaps for compatibility with some other RDBMS?
If not, I'd vote for pulling it out. That's a heck of a poor word to
reserve.
regards, tom lane
