SELECT INTO a table variable in T-SQL

Question

Got a complex SELECT query, from which I would like to insert all rows into a table variable, but T-SQL doesn\'t allow it.

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Answer 1

One reason to use SELECT INTO is that it allows you to use IDENTITY:

SELECT IDENTITY(INT,1,1) AS Id, name
INTO #MyTable 
FROM (SELECT name FROM AnotherTable) AS t

This would not work with a table variable, which is too bad...