Can we create temporary table in stored procedure in Oracle?
Just create it first (once, outside of your procedure), and then use it in your procedure. You don’t want to (try to) create it on every call of the procedure.
Can we create table inside procedure in Oracle?
Taking a step back, in SQL Server, it is very common to create local temporary tables inside procedures. It is very, very rare to do that in Oracle.
How do you create a temporary table in PL SQL?
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- create temp_1 to store the results from “Select col1, col2 from table1, table2 where …”
- create temp_2 to store the results from another query.
- Join temp_1 and temp_2 with other tables to get the final results.
- temp_1 and temp_2 should be dropped automatically after running the stored procedure.
How we can create table through procedure?
Procedure
- Create a table space and define it to the database before its first use.
- To create the table, issue either an SQL CREATE TABLE statement, a QMF DISPLAY command followed by a SAVE DATA command, or an IMPORT command.
- To improve Db2® performance, create one or more indexes on the tables you create.
How to create and use temporary table in Oracle stored procedure?
Just create it first (once, outside of your procedure), and then use it in your procedure. You don’t want to (try to) create it on every call of the procedure. I have edited this answer as it was wrong.
Is the temporary table crutch used in Oracle?
The temporary table crutch which ismandatory in SQLServer is something you need not use in Oracle — we are very different — Oracle and SQLServer are as different as you can get. for getting result sets from stored procedures.
Why does my procedure not compile in Oracle?
Your procedure won’t compile because you have dependencies on TEMP_TABLE which does not exist. Hence the ora-00942. Of course, if it does exist then your procedure will fail at runtime: the create global temporary table call will fail, because the table already exists.
Do you need a temporary table in MSSQL?
Temporary tables in MSSQL are more like PL/SQL collections. Obviously your posted code is a toy so it’s not clear why you think you need a temporary table. It’s quite likely that you don’t, as Oracle SQL is pretty powerful. Chances are you can just open a ref cursor for a complex SELECT statement.