SQL Insert Into Temp Table in both If and Else Blocks

Question

I\'m trying to populate a temp table based on the result of a condition in SQL 2005. The temp table will have the same structure either way, but will be populated using a d

Answer 1

Answering 8 years late, but I'm surprised nobody thought of:

select * into #MyTempTable from...
where 1=2

IF -- CONDITION HERE
insert into #MyTempTable select...
ELSE
insert into #MyTempTable select...

Simple, quick, and it works. No dynamic sql needed

Answer 2

this code may help you

--creating temptable using columns of two existing tables
--you can create your temp table Using other methods

select top 0 VI.*,VU.FullName
into #mytemptable
from dbo.Items VI inner join
     dbo.Users as VU 
     on VU.Id=VI.Id

--insert your data base on your condition
if(i<2) --First Condition
begin
INSERT INTO #mytemptable
SELECT VI.*,VU.FullName 
from dbo.Items VI inner join
     dbo.Users as VU 
     on VU.Id=VI.Id
end
Else if(2<i) --Second Condition
begin
INSERT INTO #mytemptable
SELECT VI.*,VU.FullName 
from dbo.Items VI inner join
     dbo.Users as VU 
     on VU.Id=VI.Id
end

select * from #mytemptable --show result

drop table #mytemptable --drop table if its needed

this code works in sql server 2014 i don't know if it works in sql 2005 or not