On 2023-01-14 11:34:13 +0530, jian he wrote:
> Once we have the diff table, we perform set-based DELETE and INSERT
> operations against the materialized view, and discard both temporary
> tables.
>
>
> Here the temporary tables are "discard" meaning the temporary tables are
> deleted and the temporary tables' spaces are reclaimed immediately?
> Or the temporary tables are deleted and the spaces will be reclaimed by another
> mechanism?
Tables are implemented as files by PostgreSQL. When a table is dropped,
the file is deleted[1]. Whether that means that the space is
"immediately" available again is up to the operating system.
hp
[1] Possibly delayed until commit.
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