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Document that autovacuum cannot vacuum or analyze temporary tables.

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Bruce Momjian
2010-04-16 02:22:33 +00:00
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$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml,v 1.125 2010/04/03 07:23:00 petere Exp $
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml,v 1.126 2010/04/16 02:22:33 momjian Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@@ -144,6 +144,15 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } ] TABLE <replaceable class="PAR
table are automatically temporary as well.
</para>
<para>
The <link linkend="autovacuum">autovacuum daemon</link> cannot
access and therefore cannot vacuum or analyze temporary tables.
For this reason, appropriate vacuum and analyze operations should be
performed via session SQL commands. For example, if a temporary
table is going to be used in complex queries, it is wise to run
<command>ANALYZE</> on the temporary table after it is populated.
</para>
<para>
Optionally, <literal>GLOBAL</literal> or <literal>LOCAL</literal>
can be written before <literal>TEMPORARY</> or <literal>TEMP</>.