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Temporary table disappears!

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truthseeker
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15 Posts

Posted - 2010-09-27 : 14:04:31

Currently, I'm using a stored procedure that imports an excel file to sql server like so:

DECLARE @sqlimport nvarchar(1000)
DECLARE @filename nvarchar(100)

SET @filename = 'D:\test.xls'

SET @sqlimport = '
SELECT * INTO #Test1 FROM OPENROWSET(''Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0'',
''Excel 8.0;Database='+@filename+';HDR=NO,IMEX=1'',
''SELECT * FROM [Sheet1$]'')
'

EXEC (@sqlimport)

This returns the result and I can see that it returned:

(809 row(s) affected)

However when I select it immediately right after the exec command:

SELECT * FROM #Test1

I get
Msg 208, Level 16, State 0, Line 15
Invalid object name '#Test1'.

What's happening and how do I solve this?

Thanks!

tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2010-09-27 : 14:06:31

Because your query isn't in the same session. Dynamic SQL runs in a different session.

You'll need to either use a global temp table or put your query into the dynamic sesson.

Tara Kizer
Microsoft MVP for Windows Server System - SQL Server
http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/tarad/

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truthseeker
Starting Member

15 Posts

Posted - 2010-09-27 : 14:52:42

Thanks! That helped a lot!

I decided to use a global temp table and it works great!

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