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

From: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Aleksander Alekseev <a(dot)alekseev(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Dmitry Dolgov <9erthalion6(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>
Subject: Re: [Patch] Temporary tables that do not bloat pg_catalog (a.k.a fast temp tables)
Date: 2016-08-15 10:23:21
Message-ID: CAFj8pRC-=KHBnzysX1h1qsA8zAzqTQ3Nw5u1D9C=fQWBBM-Q0Q@mail.gmail.com
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2016-08-15 12:18 GMT+02:00 Aleksander Alekseev <a(dot)alekseev(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>:

> > The global temporary tables has persistent rows in the catalogue. The
> > mapping to files can be marked as special and real mapping should be
> > only in memory.
> >
> > So the changes in catalogue related to global temporary tables are
> > pretty less frequently.
>
> I'm afraid I still don't get it. Let say I have an application that
> does `CREATE TEMP TABLE xx ; DROP TABLE xx` in every session all the
> time. Naturally there is not only one temp table per session. Could you
> explain please in more detail how exactly do these persistent rows help?
>
>
when you use global temporary tables, then you create it only once - like
usual tables.

you don't drop these tables.

Regards

Pavel

> --
> Best regards,
> Aleksander Alekseev
>

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