Re: how do I check if a temporary table exists?

Multiple backends can create temp tables with the same name and each
person will see their own version.


> Thus spake datactrl
> > How do I check if a temporary table exists? Searching pg_tables with a
> > temporary table name we chose always fails.
> 
> What do you mean?  You know that it exists because you just created it
> and the create succeeded.  Can you describe a situation where you need
> to know about a temp table and don't already know?
> 
> It can't go into the pg_tables table because then it would be visible
> to other processes.  Are you perhaps misunderstanding temp tables?  You
> cannot see them except from the process that created them.
> 
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