On Wed, Apr 06, 2011 at 09:12:55AM -0500, Davenport, Julie wrote: > postgres 8.4 database). When we get the error, if we try to drop > the table at the command line, it says the table does not exist, yet > we cannot rerun the script unless we stop and restart the database. What if you stop your connection? This sounds like under 8.0 you were closing the connection (thereby ending a session), but that under 8.4 your connection isn't actually closing (so your session remains open, so the temp table hangs around). A -- Andrew Sullivan ajs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general