Workaround for T-SQL global temporary tables in Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL
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This article discusses a workaround for implementing T-SQL global temporary tables behavior in Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL, which does not natively support global temporary tables.
Specifically, the article covers:
- Overview of T-SQL global temporary tables and their use cases
- Prerequisites for following along (SQL Server database, Aurora PostgreSQL Babelfish cluster)
- Example of how global temporary tables work in SQL Server
- Step-by-step workaround for creating session-specific permanent tables in Babelfish
- Cleanup process for dropping the session-specific tables
- Conclusion noting that the AWS Babelfish team continues to add new features
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