General Bug Report: TEMP TABLES becomes permanent CATALOG TABLES
Unprivileged user <nobody>
From: Unprivileged user <nobody>
To: pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
Date: 1999-07-01T22:20:04Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs
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Your name : Ricardo Coelho
Your email address : rcoelho@px.com.br
Category : runtime: back-end
Severity : serious
Summary: TEMP TABLES becomes permanent CATALOG TABLES
System Configuration
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Operating System : RedHat Linux 5.2 Intel
PostgreSQL version : 6.5
Compiler used : gcc
Hardware:
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Pentium II 350MHz 128M RAM
Versions of other tools:
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Problem Description:
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When you execute a wrong SQL command after create a TEMP TABLE, postgres backend doesn't drop this table after connection ends. We can't drop pg_temp.PID.N with "drop table" command because it is a system catalog table. So, we had to dumpall the database, edit db.out file to erase lines of pg_temp??? create table and reload it again.
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Test Case:
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psql mydb
mydb=> select * into temp table TMP from anytable;
mydb=> drop table invalidTable;
mydb=> \q
psql mydb
mydb=> \dS --> You will see a new permanent system table.
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Solution:
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