Re: creating a temp table in a function

From: Raymond O'Donnell <rod(at)iol(dot)ie>
To: Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum <adsmail(at)wars-nicht(dot)de>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: creating a temp table in a function
Date: 2008-04-04 20:22:17
Message-ID: 47F68DF9.8070202@iol.ie
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On 04/04/2008 20:47, Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum wrote:

>> I have a function that creates a temp table and drops it on commit. If
>> I run the function twice in the same psql interactive session, I get an
>> error. If I run it twice in two different psql sessions (using the -c
>> flag), I get no error. Is this expected behavior? If so, why?
>
> Create a query in a text string and run the query with EXECUTE.

Wasn't this fixed in 8.3? - Is it not the case that you no longer have
to handle temp tables in plpgsql functions via EXECUTE?

Ray.

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