Why ON COMMIT DELETE ROWS Temp Tables Can Cripple PostgreSQL Performance

Using many ON COMMIT DELETE ROWS temporary tables in PostgreSQL can cause severe performance degradation and lock contention due to large temp_buffers, unnecessary catalog bloat, and costly truncation loops, especially in older versions or Greenplum forks.

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Why ON COMMIT DELETE ROWS Temp Tables Can Cripple PostgreSQL Performance