Re: BUG #2051: CREATE TEMP TABLE AS SELECT doesn't play nice with ON COMMIT DROP - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

On 11/17/05, David Fetter <david@fetter.org> wrote:
>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference:      2051
> Logged by:          David Fetter
> Email address:      david@fetter.org
> PostgreSQL version: 8.0x
> Operating system:   Linux
> Description:        CREATE TEMP TABLE AS SELECT doesn't play nice with ON
> COMMIT DROP
> Details:
>
> CREATE TEMP TABLE foo
> AS SELECT a,b,c
> FROM bar
> ON COMMIT DROP;
>
> causes a syntax error.  So does
>
> CREATE TEMP TABLE foo
> ON COMMIT DROP
> AS SELECT a,b,c
> FROM bar
> ;
>

That is because there isn't an ON COMMIT clause for CREATE TABLE AS

see compatibility section in:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/sql-createtableas.html

--
regards,
Jaime Casanova
(DBA: DataBase Aniquilator ;)