Re: CTEs and re-use

From: Rob Sargent <robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: CTEs and re-use
Date: 2017-04-12 02:47:45
Message-ID: 2B9243AD-09BA-4E0D-9805-5A1E1409F0FA@gmail.com
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> On Apr 11, 2017, at 8:43 PM, David G. Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> On Tuesday, April 11, 2017, Rob Sargent <robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> If ‘on commit drop’ does the trick that clears the annoyance but still wondering if there’s a way to retain the product of the CTE/select for further processing without resorting to a temp table.
>
> A CTE is a same-query-only temp table. If you need it to persist post query you have to use a real temporary table.
>
> David J.

Right then. Thought I might be missing some nifty construct. A little surprised but oh, well.

Thanks for taking the time.
rjs

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