On Fri, Jan 17, 2025 at 04:32:07PM +0100, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> This discussion was around 2017 when I wrote a proposal and I hadn't a feeling
2017 is seven years ago so it would be good to get current feedback on
the desirability of this feature.
> There is one stronger argument for session variables - we are missing global
> temporary tables. It is a real
> limit and more times I found users with bloated pg_class, pg_attributes due
> using temp tables. I don't believe
> so we can have a global temp table - it is a significantly more difficult task
> than session variables. At the end
> session variables are trivial against global temp tables, and can replace
> global temp tables in some use cases.
> And the solution can be nicer, cleaner, safer than with a workaround based on
> GUC.
So this feature would be like global GUC variables, with permission
control?
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