From 5b3dca096f8e504b73812f68716fb68dd1176d6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Magnus Hagander Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2020 15:00:24 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify temporary table name shadowing in CREATE TABLE docs Author: David Johnston --- doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml index fd6777ae019..bc59a2d77dd 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml @@ -171,8 +171,9 @@ WITH ( MODULUS numeric_literal, REM If specified, the table is created as a temporary table. Temporary tables are automatically dropped at the end of a session, or optionally at the end of the current transaction - (see ON COMMIT below). Existing permanent - tables with the same name are not visible to the current session + (see ON COMMIT below). The default + search_path includes the temporary schema first and so identically + named existing permanent tables are not chosen for new plans while the temporary table exists, unless they are referenced with schema-qualified names. Any indexes created on a temporary table are automatically temporary as well. -- 2.30.2