Re: views on temp tables

Neil Conway wrote:
> I was browsing through SQL92 and I noticed this, when discussing the
> CREATE VIEW syntax:
>
> "5) Any <table name> that is specified in the <query expression> shall
> be different from the <table name> of any <temporary table
> declaration>."
>
> (<query expression> is the defintion of the view. This basically says
> that you're not allowed to create views on temp tables.)
>
> Currently, PostgreSQL allows this -- when the session ends and the temp
> table is dropped, an subsequent queries on the view fail. Is this the
> optimal behavior?

Clearly not optimal. TODO has:

* Allow temporary views

My idea would be to make any view temporary that relies on a temp table
--- throw a NOTICE to the user when they create it so they know it is
temporary. We could allow TEMP on CREATE VIEW but there seems little
reason for that, though we could allow TEMP views on real tables, so I
guess we would need that option too.

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