Actually my mistake this does work on temp tables but it does not work on variable tables nor does the drop table command. i.e.

declare @t1 table

(

c1 varchar(10)

)

insert into @t1 values('chess')

select * from @t1

truncate table @t1 -- this will give you an error but using the below commented delete statement

--would work

--delete @t1

select * from @t1

--Drop table statement below also would give you an error if run.

--Drop table @t1