How to create and use temporary table in oracle stored procedure?

Question

I want to create temporary table in stored procedure and access it in the same but I got error that ORA-00942:Table or view does not exists. Following is the pr

Answer 1

I have edited this answer as it was wrong. I am a recent MSSQL convert and because of the way oracle implements global temp tables, if you really DO need to use temp tables, creating them once and leaving them there is the way to go. Unless you use dynamic sql in your procs exclusively (have fun debugging), you will not be able to successfully compile your package unless the tables referenced already exist. Oracle validates any objects referenced in methods that you attempt to compile, which is why you got the 942 error. I love the way Oracle manages scope with these global temp tables. That, alone, sold me on the idea.