"Gauthier, Dave" <dave.gauthier@intel.com> writes:
> How user specific is pg_tables when it comes to temporary tables?
regression=# \d pg_tables
...
View definition:
SELECT n.nspname AS schemaname, c.relname AS tablename, pg_get_userbyid(c.relowner) AS tableowner, t.spcname AS
tablespace,c.relhasindex AS hasindexes, c.relhasrules AS hasrules, c.reltriggers > 0 AS hastriggers
FROM pg_class c
LEFT JOIN pg_namespace n ON n.oid = c.relnamespace
LEFT JOIN pg_tablespace t ON t.oid = c.reltablespace
WHERE c.relkind = 'r'::"char";
Not at all, apparently. This looks to me like it will pick up every
table in the database, temporary or otherwise. Perhaps that's not a
good idea ...
> I can live with this as long as there's a way that I can determine if
> the table it found does not belong to the current session.
You need to pay attention to the schema it was found in.
"has_schema_privilege(schemaname, 'USAGE')" might be a suitable filter.
regards, tom lane