Re: SELECT INTO TABLE busted?

> I've been seeing the following behavior with the CVS sources for the
> last several days:
> 
> $ psql regression
> regression=> SELECT * INTO TABLE ramp   FROM road  ;
> SELECT
> regression=> \d ramp
> Couldn't find table ramp!
> regression=> SELECT * INTO TABLE ramp   FROM road  ;
> ERROR:  ramp relation already exists
> regression=> SELECT * FROM ramp ;
> < works fine, produces plenty of output... >
> 
> If you exit psql and start a new session, "ramp" has disappeared
> entirely.  This is causing the create_view regression test to fail,
> since it depends on a table made like this in a prior test.
> 
> My guess is that this is an unwanted side effect of the "temp table"
> code.  Is anyone else seeing the same, or am I looking for a
> platform-specific bug?  (gcc 2.7.2.2 on HPUX 9.03, for the record.)

Very likely the TEMP table stuff, though I think the changes only take
affect when you do a temp table.  I am passing the create_view
regression test here.

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