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From: "Josh Berkus" <josh@agliodbs.com>
Subject: Re: Temporary tables and indexes
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Ludwig,

>   Are the indices of a temporary table automatically
> "dropped" together its corresponding temporary table
> after a database session?

I'm kind of surprised that it's possible to index a temporary table.
 There's not much point in doing so.

Yes, the indexes would be dropped as well.

-Josh Berkus