Execute Stored Procedure into Temp Table

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Execute Stored Procedure into Temp Table

gmrose

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December 3, 2015 at 1:02 pm

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I would like to execute a stored procedure and have its results sent to a temp table so that I could do further actions on those results. For example, I could run this:
execute sp_Get_Employees
which could result in something like this:
EmpID EmpName State
100 Adams NY
101 Baker RI
102 Charles NY
103 Davis NJ
104 Edwards NY
...
I don't know the correct syntax but I would like to process something like this:
execute sp_Get_Employees into #Emps
select * from #Emps where State = 'NY'
Please let me know your suggestions for a valid set of statements that could do this type of processing. Thank you for your help.

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1003853 More actions · Answer 1

gmrose (12/3/2015)
I would like to execute a stored procedure and have its results sent to a temp table so that I could do further actions on those results. For example, I could run this:
execute sp_Get_Employees
which could result in something like this:
EmpID EmpName State
100 Adams NY
101 Baker RI
102 Charles NY
103 Davis NJ
104 Edwards NY
...
I don't know the correct syntax but I would like to process something like this:
execute sp_Get_Employees into #Emps
select * from #Emps where State = 'NY'
Please let me know your suggestions for a valid set of statements that could do this type of processing. Thank you for your help.

You've only got 3 columns. Precreate the Temp Table and then do an INSERT/EXEC.

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Lowell SSC Guru Points: 323504 More actions · Answer 2

you have to create the table explicitly, and then insert into the table; you cannot take advantage of the INTO #temp without jumping through extra hoops using openquery / openrowset

CREATE TABLE #Emp(EmpID int, EmpName varchar(30) , State varchar(2) )

INSERT INTO #Emp(EmpID ,EmpName,State)

EXEC sp_Get_Employees

openquery/rowset requires a static string, so you cannot pass paarameter s to a proc without resorting to dynamic sql

SELECT * INTO #emp

FROM OPENROWSET( 'SQLNCLI',

'Server=(local);Trusted_Connection=yes;',

'SET FMTONLY OFF; SET NOCOUNT ON; exec Db_Name.dbo.sp_Get_Employees'

)

gmrose (12/3/2015)
I would like to execute a stored procedure and have its results sent to a temp table so that I could do further actions on those results. For example, I could run this:
execute sp_Get_Employees
which could result in something like this:
EmpID EmpName State
100 Adams NY
101 Baker RI
102 Charles NY
103 Davis NJ
104 Edwards NY
...
I don't know the correct syntax but I would like to process something like this:
execute sp_Get_Employees into #Emps
select * from #Emps where State = 'NY'
Please let me know your suggestions for a valid set of statements that could do this type of processing. Thank you for your help.

Lowell

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Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286573 More actions · Answer 3

Since nobody mentioned it I will. You really should avoid using the sp_ prefix. You should use a different prefix, or even better drop the prefix entirely. http://sqlperformance.com/2012/10/t-sql-queries/sp_prefix

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gmrose SSC Eights! Points: 988 More actions · Answer 4

Thank you both for your help. I found that inside the stored procedure was already code similar to that which you each proposed. When I entered the CREATE TABLE and INSERT/EXEC statements, the software told me that "An INSERT EXEC statement cannot be nested." I think I will have to abandon this issue. Thanks anyways.

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1003853 More actions · Answer 5

gmrose (12/3/2015)
Thank you both for your help. I found that inside the stored procedure was already code similar to that which you each proposed. When I entered the CREATE TABLE and INSERT/EXEC statements, the software told me that "An INSERT EXEC statement cannot be nested." I think I will have to abandon this issue. Thanks anyways.

How many rows are typically loaded into the Temp Table in the stored procedure? I ask because it's a fairly trivial thing to change the Temp Tables to Table Variables, which would alleviate this problem.

--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.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

gmrose SSC Eights! Points: 988 More actions · Answer 6

I will try changing the #Emps temp table into a @Emps variable table. I have been called to work on another project now, so it may be some time before I can return to this. Thank you again.

Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287024 More actions · Answer 7

gmrose (12/3/2015)
I will try changing the #Emps temp table into a @Emps variable table. I have been called to work on another project now, so it may be some time before I can return to this. Thank you again.

In that case, I'd like to suggest that you take 3 minutes and make some comments in your code. When you come back to it, you won't have to try to remember where you were at with the problem. Notes and comments in code can be wonderful things when used properly.

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