Re: idea: global temp tables

Kevin Grittner wrote:
> Pavel Stehule  wrote: 
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>> I am thinking about global temp tables.
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> These would have some value to us.
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> In case anyone doesn't know, this is a feature in the SQL standard. 
> You have a permanent definition of the schema, but the table is
> materialized as a temporary table on reference by any connection.
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> I can't speak to the practicality of the proposed implementation
> techniques.
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Using a global table to achieve schema-persistent temp tables seems like 
a horrid hack - what would you do if the table used a type other than a 
standard built-in type?

Or perhaps Pavel doesn't really mean "global" as the term is used in 
Postgres (c.f. the pg_database table)?

cheers

andrew