X-Original-To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Received: from spampd.localdomain (postgresql.org [64.49.215.8]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 247F9476383 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 14:38:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: from bach.ccinet.ab.ca (bach.ccinet.ab.ca [198.161.96.1]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 515A6476333 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 14:38:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: from incentre.net (squid.incentre.net [206.75.213.195]) by bach.ccinet.ab.ca (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h3FIckpd067033 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 12:38:46 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from guy@incentre.net) Message-ID: <3E9C51A2.6050908@incentre.net> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 12:38:26 -0600 From: Guy Fraser User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20021003 X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: What is the scope of a temp table? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-12.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_01,USER_AGENT_MOZILLA_UA autolearn=ham version=2.50 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) X-Archive-Number: 200304/237 X-Sequence-Number: 12938 I have never created a "temp table" before, because I was not sure when the table was available and if or when it would be automaticly dropped. Could someone let me know becuase I could probaly use them in data massaging routines. Guy