Global Temp Tables - SQL Server vs Oracle

Question

I am using Oracle 11g Global Temporary Tables as I need a solution where I can add rows to a temporary table for a join, and I want only the rows added to the temp table for

Answer 1

If you manually create tables in the tempdb database, you acheive more or less the same effect:

USE tempdb;

CREATE TABLE foo...

and then address them:

select * from tempdb..foo

These tables will not be deleted between sessions. You need to manually truncate them though, no equivalent of ON COMMIT DELETE ROWS.