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> I often use Firebird and it supports Global Temporary Tables. I wonder > whether that is something designed to resolve Adam's requirement. You > can keep the temporary data even when the connection is lost. > > http://www.firebirdsql.org/rlsnotesh/rlsnotes210.html#rnfb210-globaltemp > > I am of course assuming here that whatever Firebird has, Oracle will > have even more of it. > I used to use Interbase a lot and the progress of that into Firebird was exciting and I thenh used it even more :-) Interbase/Firebird was rare in it's support of many features including row-versioning (which would make what Adam wants to do much safer). It can me an expensive assumption to believe that Oracle will have the same features as free software.:-) Dave -- Dave Warnock: http://42.blogs.warnock.me.uk Cycling Blog: http://42bikes.warnock.me.uk
