Re: Temporary tables and Write-Ahead Log

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
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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