On 15 Mar 2007, at 00:21, Tom Lane wrote:
Temp tables stay in RAM until they are bigger than temp_buffers.
If you
need them to be big and quick, maybe it would be appropriate to use
indexes (note these count towards temp_buffers), ANALYZE, etc.
You do need to realize that creation of a temp table involves making
entries in the system catalogs. If you can set it up so that you
reuse
the same temp table(s) for the life of a connection, you'll save a lot
of thrashing and need for catalog vacuuming (the ON COMMIT DELETE ROWS
option for temp tables might help here). Other than that gotcha, they
should be pretty efficient.
Thanks for these tips, they are extremely useful
