SQL Server temp tables are an essential component of the SQL Server database management system that allow users to temporary store and process data within a session or a query. They are temporary in ...

I need to select some data (surprise) from several tables in a linked database which is running SQL Server 2000.<BR><BR>Now the resulting data set will be about 10,000 records taken from ~ 8 ...

CTE stands for Common Table expressions. These are simple select queries and they do not create physical space in tempDB. Unlike temporary table there life is limited to the current query. This is ...

Well, if you happen to be using Sql Server you can do that sort of thing in T-Sql. In Oracle, you can also accomplish the same thing using pl/sql. Either way i'd do it in a stored ...