On Fri, May 31, 2019, 12:26 PM Ivan Voras <ivo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > On Fri, 31 May 2019 at 17:43, Andrew Gierth <and...@tao11.riddles.org.uk> > wrote: > >> >>>>> "Ivan" == Ivan Voras <ivo...@gmail.com> writes: >> >> Ivan> Since AFAIK temp tables are very close to unlogged ordinary >> Ivan> tables, what would stop this feature from being implemented? >> >> The key difference between temp tables and other tables is that temp >> table data does not use the shared_buffers but is buffered only in >> backend-local memory. >> >> This means that other processes (like, say, an autovacuum process) can >> not access the content of temp tables. So what you want is not possible. >> > > Understood. > > So, a related question, since we have dozens of temp tables and a lot of > code, is there a way to look up what temp tables are being created by the > current session, so I can do a VACUUM or ANALYZE on all of them in bulk? I > know I can inspect pg_temp_* schema, but how to figure out which one is > from the current session? >
I think you might want to look at information_schema.tables; I seem to recall that view restricting itself to the tables actually visible to your connection. >
