Re: Book and TEMP vs. TEMPORARY

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Don Baccus <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Book and TEMP vs. TEMPORARY
Date: 2000-04-06 17:54:11
Message-ID: 200004061754.NAA28894@candle.pha.pa.us
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> At 11:38 AM 4/6/00 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> >> > I am doing the chapter on temporary tables. Should I show examples
> >> > using TEMP or TEMPORARY?
> >>
> >> TEMPORARY is SQL92 standard, TEMP is not. Nuff said...
> >
> >OK, but TEMPORARY doesn't work on 6.5.*, right?
>
> Won't 7.0 be the release version by the time the book is actually
> published? :)

Yes. I was just getting confirmation before putting in a 7.0-specific
thing. However, TEMPORARY is supported in 6.5.*, so I am in good shape
with TEMPORARY.

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