Re: [Patch] Temporary tables that do not bloat pg_catalog (a.k.a fast temp tables)

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>,Claudio Freire <klaussfreire(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>,Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com>,Aleksander Alekseev <a(dot)alekseev(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>,PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [Patch] Temporary tables that do not bloat pg_catalog (a.k.a fast temp tables)
Date: 2016-08-24 16:39:37
Message-ID: C2404E95-2419-4F83-86C6-58A22C055230@anarazel.de
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On August 24, 2016 9:32:48 AM PDT, Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>
>
>On 08/24/2016 12:20 AM, Andres Freund wrote:
>> On 2016-08-23 19:18:04 -0300, Claudio Freire wrote:
>>> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 7:11 PM, Tomas Vondra
>>> <tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>>>> Could someone please explain how the unlogged tables are supposed
>to fix the
>>>> catalog bloat problem, as stated in the initial patch submission?
>We'd still
>>>> need to insert/delete the catalog rows when creating/dropping the
>temporary
>>>> tables, causing the bloat. Or is there something I'm missing?
>>
>> Beats me.
>>
>
>Are you puzzled just like me, or are you puzzled why I'm puzzled?

Like you. I don't think this addresses the problem to a significant enough degree to care.

Andres
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