RE: [Firebird-devel] DROP TABLE --> TEMPORARY TABLE???

[Anonymouse <ano...@we...>]

I couldn't agree more... I think the concept of memory only may be nice,
however I've seen temporary tables larger than you'd want in memory by any
means... "temporary" is after all a relative term.

>Oh, for a specification! "Temporary Table" does not
>require that it be stored in memory; that's an
>implementation detail. Without a copy of the spec, I think
>that all temporary table requires is that [a] some sort of
>indication on the CREATE command, and [b] an automatic
>destruction at the proper time. Whatever we do should
>follow the standard.

am.