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From: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: The DROP TABLE instruction should have a TEMP option for when a temporary table
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 20:33:20 -0400
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
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=?utf-8?q?PG_Doc_comments_form?= <[email protected]> writes:
> The issue is related to the intention of drop the temporary table:
> ;DROP TABLE "myTooImportantTable"   -- <--- this drop the 
> "myTooImportantTable" 
> ;DROP TABLE "myTooImportantTable" -- <--- this drop the
> public."myTooImportantTable"

If you want to be sure you drop a temp table and not a regular one, say

DROP TABLE pg_temp.mytable;

There's no need for new syntax.

			regards, tom lane

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