On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 11:19:01PM -0500, Rod Taylor wrote:
> > In many cases you could use temporary tables, but sometimes you might want
> > multiple processes or multiple transactions to be able to see the data.
>
> Could always implement GLOBAL TEMP tables that have the ability to use
> these kinds of shortcuts.
Indeed, that's the thought I get while reading this thread.
TEMP tables are not xlogged
For global temp tables I'd suggest creating a schema pg_globaltemp or
some such where:
1. No Xlog, like TEMP tables
2. Use shared buffer cache like normal tables.
3. On startup after unclean shutdown, delete anything in that schema
And (AFAIK) we get extra SQL complience to boot. If you really want an
extension, how about one to un-TEMP-ify a temp table.
That would allow the following:
CREATE GLOBAL TEMP TABLE blah INHERITS myhugetable;
-- Load data, munge, etc... no xlog traffic
-- If system crashes here, nothing to recover
ALTER TABLE blah ALTER SCHEMA TO public; -- untempify
-- If PITR, write Xlog data now
-- If no PITR, just move file and update catalog
How does this not do what people are asking for?
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