Re: UNLOGGED TEMPORARY tables?

From: Lonni J Friedman <netllama(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: aasat <satriani(at)veranet(dot)pl>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: UNLOGGED TEMPORARY tables?
Date: 2013-03-26 00:40:22
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On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Michael Paquier
<michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 8:26 AM, Lonni J Friedman <netllama(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
>>
>> I'm pretty sure that unlogged tables and temp tables are two separate
>> & distinct features, with no overlap in functionality. It would be
>> nice if it was possible to create an unlogged temp table.
>
> Temporary tables are a subtype of unlogged tables, as temporary tables are
> not WAL-logged.
> This article from Robert Haas will give a good summary of such differences:
> http://rhaas.blogspot.jp/2010/05/global-temporary-and-unlogged-tables.html

Thanks, that's good to know. the official dox don't really make it
clear that temp tables are unlogged.

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