Consider the following code:
SET @SQL1 = 'SELECT * INTO #temp WHERE ...'
exec(@SQL1)
SELECT * from #temp (this line throws an error that #temp doesn't exist)
Apparently this is because the exec command spins off a separate session and #temp is local to that session. I can use a global temporary table ##temp, but then I have to come ...
I've got a script for creating a CSV file from a database table, which works fine except that it outputs all the data in the table, and I need it to output data only for the current logged in user. The app I'm developing is for users to be able to store lists of books they've read, want to read, etc., and I want to be able to allow them ...
Trying to put a single query together to be used eventually in a SQL Server 2005 report. I need to:
Pull in all distinct records for values in the "eventid" column for a time frame - this seems to work.
For each eventid referenced above, I need to search for all instances of the same eventid to see if there is another record with TaskN...