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To: "Josh Berkus" <josh@agliodbs.com>
Cc: Ludwig Lim <lud_nowhere_man@yahoo.com>,
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Subject: Re: Temporary tables and indexes 
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Comments: In-reply-to "Josh Berkus" <josh@agliodbs.com>
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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"Josh Berkus" <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> I'm kind of surprised that it's possible to index a temporary table.
> There's not much point in doing so.

Why not?  You seem to be equating "temporary" with "small", but I don't
see why that must be so.

			regards, tom lane