[dba-SQLServer] Deleting Global Temporary Tables

David Emerson newsgrps at dalyn.co.nz
Sun Jun 1 18:39:18 CDT 2008


Group,

I have this code in a sproc:

         IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM dbo.sysobjects WHERE id = 
object_id(N'dbo.##tblCAFRClientAsset') AND OBJECTPROPERTY(id, 
N'IsUserTable') = 0)
                 DROP TABLE dbo.##tblCAFRClientAsset

         CREATE TABLE dbo.##tblCAFRClientAsset (
                 [ClientAssetID] [numeric](10, 0) IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL ,
                 [AssetType] [varchar] (50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AS NULL ,
                 [Owner] [varchar] (10) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AS NULL ,
                 [Description] [varchar] (50) COLLATE 
Latin1_General_CI_AS NULL ,
                 [Description2] [varchar] (50) COLLATE 
Latin1_General_CI_AS NULL ,
                 [AccountNo] [varchar] (20) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AS NULL ,
                 [MarketValue] [money] NULL ,
                 [Contributions] [money] NULL ,
                 [ContributionsImp] [money] NULL ,
                 [InterestRate] [real] NULL ,
                 [PropertyType] [varchar] (50) COLLATE 
Latin1_General_CI_AS NULL ,
                 [PropertyExpenses] [money] NULL ,
                 [InvestmentType] [varchar] (50) COLLATE 
Latin1_General_CI_AS NULL ,
                 [InsuranceType] [varchar] (50) COLLATE 
Latin1_General_CI_AS NULL ,
                 [InsCover] [money] NULL ,
                 [InsCoverImp] [money] NULL ,
                 [InsPolicyTerm] [smallint] NULL ,
                 [Comment] [varchar] (250) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AS NULL ,
                 [SortOrder] [smallint] NULL
                 )

I am getting an error message when I run it "There is already an 
object named '##tblCAFRClientAsset' in the database.".  This is on 
the line trying to create the table.  It seems that the table is not 
being dropped.  When I try to run just the select portion of the 
first line nothing is returned.  How do I identify if the temporary 
table exists so I can drop it?

Regards

David Emerson
Dalyn Software Ltd
Wellington, New Zealand 


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