| SQL adaptation guide For PostgreSQL 8.x.y, 9.x.y / Data manipulation | |
Informix® temporary tables are created through the CREATE TEMP TABLE DDL instruction or through a SELECT ... INTO TEMP statement. Temporary tables are automatically dropped when the SQL session ends, but they can be dropped with the DROP TABLE command. There is no name conflict when several users create temporary tables with the same name.
Informix allows you to create indexes on temporary tables. No name conflict occurs when several users create an index on a temporary table by using the same index identifier.
PostgreSQL support temporary tables as Informix does, with a little syntax difference in the SELECT INTO TEMP instruction.
Temporary tables are well supported with native PostgreSQL temp tables.