| From: | "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Víctor Herraiz Posada <victor(dot)herraiz(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Temporary tables and Write-Ahead Log |
| Date: | 2026-04-18 07:01:45 |
| Message-ID: | CAKFQuwYHPy_773w0-iE=_K91KU_1BSe6kzt3QOCBp2W3DuWthw@mail.gmail.com |
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On Friday, April 17, 2026, Víctor Herraiz Posada <victor(dot)herraiz(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:
> In create table documentation is not clear if temporary tables use the
> write-ahead log. Could you please add a sentence about that like in the
> unlogged tables?
>
The word “temporary” is communicating the entire first paragraph of what we
spell out in unlogged.
However, maybe I’d add to the end:
“Aside from the above, a temporary table behaves much like an unlogged
table - though a partitioned table consisting solely of temporary
partitions is allowed.”
David J.
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