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Re: Why Not Allow Temp Tables?

From: Niall Litchfield <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 11:54:26 +0100
Message-ID: <3f7177e2$0$15785$ed9e5944@reading.news.pipex.net>


"(Pete Cresswell)" <x_at_y.z> wrote in message news:7dvumv0n9nef438hgrfc1fea9c8ejf1sah_at_4ax.com...
> RE/
> >Personally, I think you are going to find that the person who wants temp
> >tables probably is from a non-Oracle background (eg Sybase or SQLServer)
> >where they are used all the time for a variety of reasons.
>
> Bingo!.... SQL Server...
> -----------------------
> PeteCresswell

I'd expect in a lot of cases you won't even need a GTT. In MSSQL you might well wish temp tables to avoid locking issues, in Oracle you won't get those locking issues.

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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
Received on Wed Sep 24 2003 - 05:54:26 CDT

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