Temporary tables are a powerful tool in SQL Server that allow you to store intermediate results, simplify complex queries, and improve performance. They exist only for the duration of your current ...

I need to select some data (surprise) from several tables in a linked database which is running SQL Server 2000.<BR><BR>Now the resulting data set will be about 10,000 records taken from ~ 8 ...

Temporary tables are useful when processing data, especially during transformation where the intermediate results are transient. In dedicated SQL pool, temporary tables exist at the session level.

Well, if you happen to be using Sql Server you can do that sort of thing in T-Sql. In Oracle, you can also accomplish the same thing using pl/sql. Either way i'd do it in a stored ...