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+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.156 2007/11/19 02:26:10 tgl Exp $ -->
<chapter Id="runtime-config">
<title>Server Configuration</title>
member of the list each time a temporary object is to be created;
except that within a transaction, successively created temporary
objects are placed in successive tablespaces from the list.
- If any element of the list is an empty string,
+ If the selected element of the list is an empty string,
<productname>PostgreSQL</> will automatically use the default
tablespace of the current database instead.
</para>
using a value set in <filename>postgresql.conf</>.
</para>
+ <para>
+ The default value is an empty string, which results in all temporary
+ objects being created in the default tablespace of the current
+ database.
+ </para>
+
<para>
See also <xref linkend="guc-default-tablespace">.
</para>