Applications often use some form of temporary data store for processes that are too complicated to complete in a single pass. Often, these temporary stores are defined as database tables or PL/SQL tables. In Oracle 8i, the maintenance and management of temporary tables can be delegated to the server by using Global Temporary Tables.
These tables do not reside in the system catalogs and are not persistent. Temporary tables exist only during the connection that declared them and cannot be referenced outside of that connection. When the connection closes, the rows of the table are deleted, and the in-memory description of the temporary table is dropped.
Temporary tables are useful when:
• The table structure is not known before using an application.
• Other users do not need the same table structure.
• Data in the temporary table is needed while using the application.
• The table can be declared and dropped without holding the locks on the system catalog.
Syntax
DECLARE GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE table-Name
{ column-definition [ , column-definition ] * }
[ ON COMMIT {DELETE | PRESERVE} ROWS ]
NOT LOGGED [ON ROLLBACK DELETE ROWS]
table-Name
Names the temporary table. If a schema-Name other than SESSION is specified, an error will occur (SQLSTATE 428EK). If the schema-Name is not specified, SESSION is assigned. Multiple connections can define declared global temporary tables with the same name because each connection has its own unique table descriptor for it.
Using SESSION as the schema name of a physical table will not cause an error, but is discouraged. The SESSION schema name should be reserved for the temporary table schema.
column-definition
See column-definition for CREATE TABLE for more information on column-definition. DECLARE GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE does not allow generated-column-spec in the column-definition.
Data type
Supported data types are:
• BIGINT
• CHAR
• DATE
• DECIMAL
• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE PRECISION
• FLOAT
• INTEGER
• NUMERIC
• REAL
• SMALLINT
• TIME
• TIMESTAMP
• VARCHAR
ON COMMIT
Specifies the action taken on the global temporary table when a COMMIT operation is performed.
DELETE ROWS
All rows of the table will be deleted if no hold-able cursor is open on the table. This is the default value for ON COMMIT. If you specify ON ROLLBACK DELETE ROWS, this will delete all the rows in the table only if the temporary table was used. ON COMMIT DELETE ROWS will delete the rows in the table even if the table was not used (if the table does not have hold-able cursors open on it).
PRESERVE ROWS
The rows of the table will be preserved.
NOT LOGGED
Specifies the action taken on the global temporary table when a rollback operation is performed. When a ROLLBACK (or ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT) operation is performed, if the table was created in the unit of work (or savepoint), the table will be dropped. If the table was dropped in the unit of work (or savepoint), the table will be restored with no rows.
ON ROLLBACK DELETE ROWS
This is the default value for NOT LOGGED. NOT LOGGED [ON ROLLBACK DELETE ROWS ]] specifies the action that is to be taken on the global temporary table when a ROLLBACK or (ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT) operation is performed. If the table data has been changed, all the rows will be deleted.
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