Re: Is there a way to elegantly do a : CREATE TEMP TABLE X AS SELECT .... ON COMMIT DROP

On Thursday 13 March 2008 2:46 pm, Colin Wetherbee wrote:
> Adrian Klaver wrote:
> > On Thursday 13 March 2008 4:49 am, David Gagnon wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I think the title says everything:-)
> >>
> >> I just what a way to create a TEMP for the current transaction only.
> >> If possible I don't want to create the TEMP table first, specify all
> >> column types, etc.
> >>
> >> CREATE TEMP TABLE _T_CR1 AS
> >> SELECT CRNUM, CRYPNUM, CRMONT, CRDATE, GLNUM, CRRRNUM, CRACNUM, GLDESC
> >> FROM CR INNER JOIN CS ON CR.CRNUM = CS.CSCRNUM AND CR.CRYPNUM =
> >> CS.CSYPNUM INNER JOIN GL ON CS.CSGLNUM = GL.GLNUM AND 1 = GL.GLSOCTRL
> >> WHERE CRYPNUM = companyId
> >> AND DATEDIFF(DY, CRDATE, GETDATE()) >= _AGELIMITE
> >> ON COMMIT DROP;
> >
> > I am missing something here. What is wrong with the above statement?
>
> You're missing:
>
> cww=# BEGIN;
> BEGIN
> cww=# CREATE TEMP TABLE foo AS (SELECT 1 AS a, 2 AS b) ON COMMIT DROP;
> ERROR: syntax error at or near "ON" at character 50
> LINE 1: CREATE TEMP TABLE foo AS (SELECT 1 AS a, 2 AS b) ON COMMIT D...
> ^
>
> Colin

Try CREATE TEMP TABLE foo ON COMMIT DROP AS (SELECT 1 AS a, 2 AS b) ;
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Adrian Klaver
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