PL/SQL Catch*22?

Can anyone solve this conundrum?

In a PL/SQL script, I want to create a temporary table, do some SQL operations on that table, then drop the table.

Unfortunately, when Oracle goes to compile the PL/SQL, the table doesn't exist yet so I get a compile-time error and cannot run the script. Creating the table ahead of time defeats the purpose here; ie, I don't really want an unnecessary table hanging around. Also, using dynamic SQL for the DML is a bit of a crude workaround as I think that would make the usual PL/SQL DML operations rather cumbersome or even unworkable.

Is this a Catch*22? Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

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Eastern Sun Group Inc.    phone:     416.240.9695 
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