2012/4/20 Vincenzo Romano <vincenzo.rom...@notorand.it>: > 2012/4/20 Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us>: >> Merlin Moncure <mmonc...@gmail.com> writes: >>> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Vincenzo Romano >>> <vincenzo.rom...@notorand.it> wrote: >>>> Ok. That works. How can I know if there's a temporary view with the >>>> same name in my session? >> >>> well, arguably you should already know somehow. but if you don't, >>> query information_schema.views for a table_name with a table_schema >>> LIKE 'pg_temp%'. >> >> Not sure that is safe --- won't the info schema also show temp views >> of other sessions? >> >> You might be able to use "DROP VIEW pg_temp.foo", which will either >> drop a temp view of your own session or throw an error if there is none. >> >> regards, tom lane > > Cool! It works, despite my temporary schema should be now pg_temp_29! > It's at chapter 18.11.1 (my fault for not searching enough). > > Thanks a lot Tom.
It works only if you have created at least one temporary object. Until that the pg_temp "meta schema" doesn't resolve to a real schema and the exception is thrown! It's a cool thing anyway! -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
