From: Mark R. Dingee <mark.dingee@cox.net>
To: Jim C. Nasby <jim@nasby.net>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Temp tables and functions
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 07:02:47 -0400
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Thanks, Jim. I'll give it a try.
On Tue, 2006-10-10 at 21:11 -0500, Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 03:21:36PM -0400, mark.dingee@cox.net wrote:
> > Everyone,
> >
> > I've written a function (language = sql) which uses a temporary table to simplify the process; however, when I go to load the function I get:
> >
> > /var/lib/pgsql$cat thm.sql | psql test
> > ERROR: relation "lost_bus" does not exist
> >
> > where "lost_bus" is the name of my temp table. The function is just for a report that is run monthly, so I can create a permanent table if necessary, but I'd rather not.
>
> Create the temp table in your script that creates the function. You
> don't need to populate it or anything, you just need it to exist
> (prefferably with the correct definition).
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