Temporary Table [closed]

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Closed 9 years ago.

Can I create temporary table within case statement..?

if yes please explain me with example.

actually I want to do something like this..

declare @a int = 1

select case when @a = 1 then
'yes'
else
'no'
end

if first case execute then I would like to create temp table with that condition which is require to manipulate some business data.

in else case I would like to create another table with other condition to manipulate business data.

Answer 1

Two interpretations of what I believe you can mean:

Have columns with different data:

SELECT CASE WHEN @a = 1 THEN
         'yes'
       ELSE
         'no'
       END AS answer
INTO tempTable

Create a table with different queries:

IF @a = 1
  SELECT 'yes' AS answer
  INTO tempTable2
ELSE
  SELECT 'no' AS answer, 'other field' as other
  INTO tempTable2

SQLFiddle.

Answer 2

It sounds like you should use IF instead of CASE:

declare @a int = 1

IF @a = 1
BEGIN
    'yes'
END
ELSE
BEGIN
    'no'
END