"Gauthier, Dave" <dave.gauthier@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > How user specific is pg_tables when it comes to temporary tables? regression=# \d pg_tables ... View definition: SELECT n.nspname AS schemaname, c.relname AS tablename, pg_get_userbyid(c.relowner) AS tableowner, t.spcname AS tablespace, c.relhasindex AS hasindexes, c.relhasrules AS hasrules, c.reltriggers > 0 AS hastriggers FROM pg_class c LEFT JOIN pg_namespace n ON n.oid = c.relnamespace LEFT JOIN pg_tablespace t ON t.oid = c.reltablespace WHERE c.relkind = 'r'::"char"; Not at all, apparently. This looks to me like it will pick up every table in the database, temporary or otherwise. Perhaps that's not a good idea ... > I can live with this as long as there's a way that I can determine if > the table it found does not belong to the current session. You need to pay attention to the schema it was found in. "has_schema_privilege(schemaname, 'USAGE')" might be a suitable filter. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org/