Inserting data into a temporary table

Question

After having created a temporary table and declaring the data types like so;

CREATE TABLE #TempTable(
ID int,
Date datetime,
Name char(20))

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Answer 1

My way of Insert in SQL Server. Also I usually check if a temporary table exists.

IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#MyTable') IS NOT NULL DROP Table #MyTable

SELECT b.Val as 'bVals'
  INTO #MyTable
FROM OtherTable as b