PostgreSQL table variable
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Is there anything like table variables in T-SQL?
In Sql Server it looks like this:
DECLARE @ProductTotals TABLE
(
ProductID int,
Revenue money
)
Then in procedure I can:
INSERT INTO @ProductTotals (ProductID, Revenue)
SELECT ProductID, SUM(UnitPrice * Quantity)
FROM [Order Details]
GROUP BY ProductID
And manipulate with this variable like an ordinary table.
Here is description: http://odetocode.com/Articles/365.aspx
Answers
Use a temporary table in PostgreSQL. For your example:
CREATE TEMP TABLE product_totals (
product_id int
, revenue money
);
The manual about CREATE TABLE:
If specified, the table is created as a temporary table. Temporary tables are automatically dropped at the end of a session, or optionally at the end of the current transaction (see
ON COMMITbelow). The defaultsearch_pathincludes the temporary schema first and so identically named existing permanent tables are not chosen for new plans while the temporary table exists, unless they are referenced with schema-qualified names. Any indexes created on a temporary table are automatically temporary as well.
Unlogged tables in Postgres 9.1 or later are a somewhat related feature. They save disk writes by not writing to WAL. Here is a discussion of the features by Robert Haas:
Aside, concerning the money data type:
- PostgreSQL: Which Datatype should be used for Currency?
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