David Emerson
newsgrps at dalyn.co.nz
Sun Jun 1 22:16:17 CDT 2008
Ah hah. And I know just what I can do with the extra 0.006409 seconds ( they don't call it instant coffee for nothing) At 2/06/2008, you wrote: >I prefer the second because it's shorter :-) > >But try them both in Query Analyser and take a look at the execution >plan costs! > >Version1: 0.00641 >Version 2: 0.000001 > >The simple version is 6410 times more efficient!!!! > >-- >Stuart > > >On 2 Jun 2008 at 14:15, David Emerson wrote: > > > With further testing I was able to get both methods to work: > > > > IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM tempdb.dbo.sysobjects WHERE id = > > object_id(N'tempdb.dbo.##tblCAFRClientAsset')) > > DROP TABLE dbo.##tblCAFRClientAsset > > > > > > If Object_Id('tempdb..##tblCAFRClientAsset') is Not Null > > DROP TABLE dbo.##tblCAFRClientAsset > > > > Does one method have any advantages over the other? > > > > David. > > > > At 2/06/2008, Stuart wrote: > > >Try: > > > > > >If Object_Id('tempdb..##tblCAFRClientAsset') is Not Null > > >DROP TABLE dbo.##tblCAFRClientAsset > > > > > >-- > > >Stuart > > > > > >On 2 Jun 2008 at 11:39, David Emerson wrote: > > > > > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > dba-SQLServer mailing list > > > > dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com > > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver > > > > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >dba-SQLServer mailing list > > >dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com > > >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver > > >http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-SQLServer mailing list > > dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver > > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > >_______________________________________________ >dba-SQLServer mailing list >dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver >http://www.databaseadvisors.com