How would I do the following TSQL query in DB2? I'm having problems creating a temp table based on the results from a query.
SELECT
COLUMN_1, COLUMN_2, COLUMN_3
INTO #TEMP_A
FROM TABLE_A
WHERE COLUMN_1 = 1 AND COLUMN_2 = 2
The error message is:
"Error: SQL0104N An unexpected token "#TEMP_A" was found following "". Expected tokens may include: ":". SQLSTATE=42601"
You have to declare a temp table in DB2 before you can use it:
DECLARE GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE SESSION.YOUR_TEMP_TABLE_NAME AS (
SELECT COLUMN_1, COLUMN_2, COLUMN_3
FROM TABLE_A
) DEFINITION ONLY
Then populate it:
INSERT INTO SESSION.YOUR_TEMP_TABLE_NAME
SELECT COLUMN_1, COLUMN_2, COLUMN_3
FROM TABLE_A
WHERE COLUMN_1 = 1
AND COLUMN_2 = 2
It's not quite as straight-forward as in SQL Server. :)
And even though it's called a "global" temporary table, it only exists for the current session. Note that all temp tables should be prefixed with the SESSION
schema. If you do not provide a schema name, then SESSION
will be implied.
maybe the "with" clause is what you look for:
with TEMP_A as (
SELECT COLUMN_1, COLUMN_2, COLUMN_3
FROM TABLE_A
WHERE COLUMN_1 = 1 AND COLUMN_2 = 2
)
-- now use TEMP_A
select * from TEMP_A
As it turned out, I did not have permissions to create temp tables.