Re: Which Schema I am working on??

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Harry Yau <harry(at)aurasound(dot)com(dot)hk>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Which Schema I am working on??
Date: 2003-07-15 18:24:40
Message-ID: 4336.1058293480@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Harry Yau <harry(at)aurasound(dot)com(dot)hk> writes:
> I am writing a pl/psql function with a temp table right now.
> It creates the temp table inside. Whenever I call this function in a
> session for the first time, it creates a shema, namely pg_temp_number,
> automatically and it creates the temp table within the schema. I've
> tried to add a check inside the function to check have the temp table
> been already existed.

Try something like

IF EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM pg_class
WHERE relname = 'tablexxx' AND pg_table_is_visible(oid))
THEN ... drop it ...

The visibility check will reject temp tables belonging to other
sessions.

regards, tom lane

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