Thread: TODO item question

Hello All,   Here is the todo item -> * Allow temporary views
   What exactly does this mean by temporary? by connection? it deletes itself in x seconds?

Thanks,
chris

Chris Humphries wrote:
> Hello All,
>     Here is the todo item -> * Allow temporary views
> 
>     What exactly does this mean by temporary? by connection? it deletes
>   itself in x seconds?

Deletes on session exit, liek temporary tables.

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Hannu Krosing wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-01-23 at 02:47, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Chris Humphries wrote:
> > > Hello All,
> > >     Here is the todo item -> * Allow temporary views
> > > 
> > >     What exactly does this mean by temporary? by connection? it deletes
> > >   itself in x seconds?
> > 
> > Deletes on session exit, liek temporary tables.
> 
> Do we have session _variables_ as a TODO item ?
> 
> Currently the only way to implement session variables is to stuff them
> in temp tables ?

No we don't and no one has asked for them, _yet_.

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Bruce Momjian writes:

> > Do we have session _variables_ as a TODO item ?
> >
> > Currently the only way to implement session variables is to stuff them
> > in temp tables ?
>
> No we don't and no one has asked for them, _yet_.

Tables are the quintessential way to store data in SQL.  Session data goes
into session-temporary tables.  No need for session "variables" that I can
see.

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