Re: proposal: schema variables

From: Wolfgang Walther <walther(at)technowledgy(dot)de>
To: Dmitry Dolgov <9erthalion6(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>, Erik Rijkers <er(at)xs4all(dot)nl>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>, DUVAL REMI <REMI(dot)DUVAL(at)cheops(dot)fr>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: proposal: schema variables
Date: 2024-11-16 14:56:53
Message-ID: 78f3c264-658a-4007-ab79-4cc913fba675@technowledgy.de
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Dmitry Dolgov:
> This sounds to me like an argument against allowing name clashing between
> variables and tables. It makes even more sense, since session variables are in
> many ways similar to tables.

+1

My mental model of a session variable is similar to a single-row,
optionally global temporary, table.

Is there any substantial difference that I am not aware of?

Best,

Wolfgang

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