On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 11:35:34AM -0400, Greg Stark wrote:
> I can say that I've seen plenty of instances where the ability to create
> temporary tables very quickly with no overhead over the original query would
> be useful.
I wonder if this requires what the standard refers to as a global
temporary table. As I read it (which may be wrong, I find the language
obtuse), a global temporary table is a temporary table whose structure
is predefined. So, you'd define it once, updating the catalog only once
but still get a table that is emptied each startup.
Ofcourse, it may not be what the standard means, but it still seems
like a useful idea, to cut down on schema bloat.
Have a nice day,
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