temp-tables

I realize that temporary tables are session/connection bound and not visible or accessible out of the session/connection. I have a long running stored procedure that creates temporary tables at various stages. Is there a way I can see the list of current temporary tables? What privileges do I need to be able to do so? Alternatively, Is there a way I can see the particular SQL statement being executed inside a running stored procedure? The procedure is running as a scheduled job in SQL Server. I am using SQL Server 2000. Thanks for your guidance. Sandro Is this what you are after? select * from

I have a problem to decide whether to use a view or a temp table. I have a stored procedure that i call from program. In that SP i store the result of a long query in a temp table, name the columns and make another queries on that table store the results in labels or a gridview or whatever and drop the Temp Table. I could also store the query-result in a view and make queries on that view. So what is better or in what case do i HAVE to use a VIEW/ Temp Table. According to my research a view has the benefit of: Security, Simplicity and Column Name Specification. My temporary table fulfills all

This seems relatively simple, but apparently it's not. I need to create a temp table based on an existing table via the select into syntax: SELECT * INTO #TEMPTABLE FROM EXISTING_TABLE The problem is, the existing table name is accepted via a parameter... I can get the table's data via: execute ('SELECT * FROM ' + @tableName) but how do I marry the two so that I can put the results from the execute directly into the temp table. The columns for each table that this is going to be used for are not the same so building the temp table before getting the data is not practical. I'm open to any

It looks like #temptables created using dynamic SQL via the EXECUTE string method have a different scope and can't be referenced by "fixed" SQLs in the same stored procedure. However, I can reference a temp table created by a dynamic SQL statement in a subsequence dynamic SQL but it seems that a stored procedure does not return a query result to a calling client unless the SQL is fixed. A simple 2 table scenario: I have 2 tables. Let's call them Orders and Items. Order has a Primary key of OrderId and Items has a Primary Key of ItemId. Items.OrderId is the foreign key to identify the parent

I'm using SQL Server 2008. Say I create a temporary table like this one: create table #MyTempTable (col1 int,col2 varchar(10)) How can I retrieve the list of fields dynamically? I would like to see something like this: Fields: col1 col2 I was thinking of querying sys.columns but it doesn't seem to store any info about temporary tables. Any ideas? select * from tempdb.sys.columns where object_id = object_id('tempdb..#mytemptable'); select * from tempdb.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS where table_name like '#MyTempTable%' The temporary tables are defined in "tempdb", and the table names are "mangled"