On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, Tom Lane wrote: > Gavin Sherry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > template1=# create temp table a (a int) on commit drop; > > ERROR: You must be inside a transaction to use ON COMMIT > > Surely that's only for ON COMMIT DROP, if you intend to offer the > others?
I should have provided details of this in the email. SQL99 details the baviour as follows: If TEMPORARY is specified and ON COMMIT is omitted, then ON COMMIT DELETE ROWS is implicit This might give users a bit of a surprise so the effective behaviour is ON COMMIT PRESERVE ROWS. As for your question (and, perhaps, SQL99) I don't seen how it makes any sense to specify ON COMMIT outside of a transaction block. > > regards, tom lane > Gavin ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
