Re: [Proposal] Global temporary tables

Hi,

On 2022-03-03 16:07:37 -0500, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 3:29 PM Greg Stark <stark(at)mit(dot)edu> wrote:
> > I'm still hopeful we get to advance this early in 16 because I think
> > everyone agrees the feature would be great.
>
> I'm not saying this patch can't make progress, but I think the chances
> of this being ready to commit any time in the v16 release cycle, let
> alone at the beginning, are low. This patch set has been around since
> 2019, and here Andres and I are saying it's not even really reviewable
> in the shape that it's in. I have done some review of it previously,
> BTW, but eventually I gave up because it just didn't seem like we were
> making any progress. And then a long time after that people were still
> finding many server crashes with relatively simple test cases.
>
> I agree that the feature is desirable, but I think getting there is
> going to require a huge amount of effort that may amount to a total
> rewrite of the patch.

Agreed. I think this needs very fundamental design work, and the patch itself
isn't worth reviewing until that's tackled.

Greetings,

Andres Freund