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  • November 6, 2012 at 2:35 pm

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    Lee Crain (11/6/2012)

    Jeff Moden,

    Please clarify this subject for me:

    I'm almost certain that I read somewhere that a "SELECT .... INTO #Table" would automatically create the target table, then lock the TempDB database for the duration of the data insertions.

    Is this true or is it incorrect information?

    Thanks,

    It's a myth based on a previous truth from the RTM of 6.5 and earlier. It was fixed by 6.5/SP1.

    --Jeff Moden

    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

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