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real_pearl
Posting Yak Master

106 Posts

Posted - 2004-06-17 : 05:04:02

Temp table exists in Tempdb. But is it possible to view its rows in Enterpise Manager?

RickD
Slow But Sure Yak Herding Master

3608 Posts

Posted - 2004-06-17 : 06:23:34

No because it only exists for the session you have created it in...

Kristen
Test

22859 Posts

Posted - 2004-06-17 : 07:46:20

... so do the query in EM too?

Can't think why you'd want to ... but:

EM, open NORTHWIND : Tables

Right Click CATEGORIES : Open Table Query

Do your SQL:


SELECT     *
INTO       #KRISTEN
FROM       [dbo].[Categories]

"8 rows effected ... [OK]"

Find name of Temp Table (still in EM):


SELECT  name
FROM    tempdb.dbo.sysobjects
WHERE   name LIKE '#kristen%'
        AND type = 'U'

Cut&Paste result name into:


SELECT  *
FROM    tempdb.dbo.[#KRISTEN____... stuff deleted ...___00000000086F]

And there's the Edit Grid Table Thingie. Notice we are still in NORTHWIND in EM

Well weird, but!

Kristen

nr
SQLTeam MVY

12543 Posts

Posted - 2004-06-17 : 09:08:46

That will only work if you are using the same spid - and select * from #KRISTEN should work too.

The only thing you can do easily from a different spid is see (approx) how many rows there are in the table from sysindexes.

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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2004-06-17 : 12:17:31

Why use Enterprise Manager for this? Why not use Query Analyzer?

Tara

Kristen
Test

22859 Posts

Posted - 2004-06-17 : 13:39:14

quote:
Originally posted by nr

... and select * from #KRISTEN should work too ....

I was trying to put him off!

Kristen

RickD
Slow But Sure Yak Herding Master

3608 Posts

Posted - 2004-06-18 : 03:30:33

quote:
Originally posted by Kristen

quote:
Originally posted by nr

... and select * from #KRISTEN should work too ....

I was trying to put him off!

Kristen

I thought i'd already done that...

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