Re: temp tables and pg_pconnect()

From: "Brent R(dot) Matzelle" <bmatzelle(at)yahoo(dot)com>
To: pgsql-php(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: temp tables and pg_pconnect()
Date: 2001-10-13 19:29:05
Message-ID: 20011013192905.23166.qmail@web13006.mail.yahoo.com
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--- Adam Lang <aalang(at)rutgersinsurance(dot)com> wrote:
> Are temp tables supposed to be destroyed when the connection
> is cosed? If
> so, then the reason is because with pconnect, the connection
> really is never
> killed as far as Postgresql sees it. The connection remains
> open.

pg_pconnect does keep the existing connection to PostgresSQL so
the temporary table would not be dropped.

> Can you drop the temp table yourself through the pg_exec
> comand and just use
> DROP TABLE ?

That would be a reasonable approach. Or, if you do not need to
drop the table it would be might be more efficient to perform a
TRUNCATE rather than the DROP and CREATE combo. That would
depend upon your system.

Brent

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