Add code to handle [ON COMMIT { PRESERVE ROWS | DELETE ROWS | DROP }]

for temp tables.

Gavin Sherry

1 files changed, 53 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 9e9525775c7..274b6f8c518 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml,v 1.56 2002/09/02 06:20:53 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml,v 1.57 2002/11/09 23:56:38 momjian Exp $
 PostgreSQL documentation
 -->
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ CREATE [ [ LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } ] TABLE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">t
     | <replaceable>table_constraint</replaceable> }  [, ... ]
 )
 [ INHERITS ( <replaceable>parent_table</replaceable> [, ... ] ) ]
-[ WITH OIDS | WITHOUT OIDS ]
+[ WITH OIDS | WITHOUT OIDS ] [ON COMMIT { PRESERVE ROWS | DELETE ROWS | DROP } ]
 
 where <replaceable class="PARAMETER">column_constraint</replaceable> is:
 
@@ -107,10 +107,11 @@ and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table_constraint</replaceable> is:
      <para>
       If specified, the table is created as a temporary table.
       Temporary tables are automatically dropped at the end of a
-      session.  Existing permanent tables with the same name are not
-      visible to the current session while the temporary table exists,
-      unless they are referenced with schema-qualified names.
-      Any indexes created on a temporary table are automatically
+      session or optionally at the end of the current transaction 
+      (See ON COMMIT below).  Existing permanent tables with the same 
+      name are not visible to the current session 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.
      </para>
 
@@ -487,9 +488,54 @@ and <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table_constraint</replaceable> is:
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
-  </variablelist>
 
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term><literal>ON COMMIT</literal></term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      The behaviour of temporary tables at the end of a transaction
+      block can be controlled using <literal>ON COMMIT</literal>. 
+      The table will exhibit the same behavior at the end of
+      transaction blocks for the duration of the session unless
+      ON COMMIT DROP is specified or the temporary table is dropped.
+     </para>
+     <para>
+      The three parameters to ON COMMIT are:
+
+      <variablelist>
+       <varlistentry>
+        <term><literal>PRESERVE ROWS</literal></term>
+        <listitem>
+         <para>
+          The rows in the temporary table will persist after the
+          transaction block.
+         </para>
+     	</listitem>
+       </varlistentry>
+           
+       <varlistentry>
+        <term><literal>DELETE ROWS</literal></term>
+        <listitem>
+         <para>
+          All rows in the temporary table will be deleted at the 
+          end of the transaction block.
+         </para>
+        </listitem>
+       </varlistentry>
 
+       <varlistentry>
+        <term><literal>DROP</literal></term>
+        <listitem>
+         <para>
+          The temporary table will be dropped at the end of the transaction.
+         </para>
+        </listitem>
+       </varlistentry>
+      </variablelist>
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+  </variablelist>
  </refsect1>