Re: Feature request: temporary schemas

On 14 September 2014 22:01, cowwoc <cowwoc(at)bbs(dot)darktech(dot)org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'd like to propose the ability to create temporary schemas.
>
> Unlike temporary tables, this feature would enable developers to create a
> temporary schema once and execute CREATE TABLE statements without the
> TEMPORARY parameter.
>

I think you can use "pg_temp" for this - it's an alias to the current
session's temporary schema. If you set the current schema with "SET
search_path TO pg_temp", all tables, views, functions and so on will be
created in a temporary schema.

The only downside is that you'd need to reference any function calls with
pg_temp explicitly, as pg_temp is "never searched for function or operator
names" (see
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/runtime-config-client.html)

I have just replied to your Stack Exchange answer too.