Re: proposal: schema variables - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Wolfgang Walther
Subject Re: proposal: schema variables
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Msg-id 78f3c264-658a-4007-ab79-4cc913fba675@technowledgy.de
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In response to Re: proposal: schema variables  (Dmitry Dolgov <9erthalion6@gmail.com>)
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Dmitry Dolgov:
> This sounds to me like an argument against allowing name clashing between
> variables and tables. It makes even more sense, since session variables are in
> many ways similar to tables.

+1

My mental model of a session variable is similar to a single-row, 
optionally global temporary, table.

Is there any substantial difference that I am not aware of?

Best,

Wolfgang



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