Thread: Re: Possible Bug regarding temp tables (sql or psql?)

Forgot to mention that adding
DROP TABLE v_idx ;
before the END WORK will fix things.  However, I was under the impression that
temporary tables would go away after a transaction in which they were created
was committed.

Any idea why the table can't be seen with \d in psql then?

Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au> [02/07/04 00:21]:
> 
> No - they go away at the end of a _connection_.  However, there is now a
> patch floating around on -hackers that would add an ' ON COMMIT DROP;'
> option to CREATE TEMP TABLE.

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Mark Frazer wrote:
> Any idea why the table can't be seen with \d in psql then?

It is a known problem with temp tables.  They aren't visible with \d
because they are invisible system tables that are removed on exit.  I
think 7.3 will fix this.

> 
> Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au> [02/07/04 00:21]:
> > 
> > No - they go away at the end of a _connection_.  However, there is now a
> > patch floating around on -hackers that would add an ' ON COMMIT DROP;'
> > option to CREATE TEMP TABLE.
> 
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