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authorTom Lane2012-06-13 22:47:53 +0000
committerTom Lane2012-06-13 22:47:53 +0000
commit8b23db944b9d7f051e2f986cc1f55ade82621218 (patch)
treeca6908373bad05b38b4748f5044a275d6ffbfa89 /doc/src
parentc3bc76bdb0ac600e6b4d1e594e1a077c1efc5154 (diff)
Fix description of SQL-standard meaning of CREATE LOCAL TEMP TABLE.
I had this slightly wrong, as noted by Noah Misch.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
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@@ -1306,10 +1306,11 @@ CREATE TABLE employees OF employee_type (
<para>
The SQL standard also distinguishes between global and local temporary
- tables, where a local temporary table is only visible within a specific
- SQL module, though its definition is still shared across sessions. Since
- <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> does not support SQL modules, this
- distinction is not relevant in <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.
+ tables, where a local temporary table has a separate set of contents for
+ each SQL module within each session, though its definition is still shared
+ across sessions. Since <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> does not
+ support SQL modules, this distinction is not relevant in
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.
</para>
<para>