Re: temporary tables, plpgsql and yes i bet this has been asked

Murray Prior Hobbs wrote:
>
> in a plpgsql function
>
> create temporary table X
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> ....
>
>
> drop table X
>
>
> then in another function
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> loop
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> call the other function
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> end loop
>
>
> i get the problem that the second time the table is created (ie in the
> second call) it is not visible
>
> now yes i could declare the table in the calling funtion but then the
> original function is less useful to me

Interesting. Can you recreate the problem in psql without the functions
and show an example? I am confused how this could be failing.

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