====== CREATE VOLATILE TABLE Statement ======

CREATE VOLATILE TABLE statement allows you to create a temporary table for the current session.

**Syntax**:

<code language=sql>
CREATE [SET | MULTISET] VOLATILE TABLE table_name
(
   column_name data_type [NULL | NOT NULL]
   [, ...]
)
[ ON COMMIT DELETE ROWS | ON COMMIT PRESERVE ROWS]
</code>

Notes:
  * The volatile table is automatically dropped at the end of session.

For more details how temporary table support is implemented in HPL/SQL, see [[temporary-tables|Native and Managed Temporary Tables]].

**Example**:

Create a managed temporary table and use it in other SQL statements:

<code language=sql>
SET hplsql.temp.tables = managed;

CREATE VOLATILE TABLE temp1
(
   c1 INT,
   c2 STRING
);

INSERT INTO temp1 SELECT 1, 'A' FROM dual;

SELECT * FROM temp1;
</code>

**Compatibility:** Teradata

**Version**: HPL/SQL 0.3.1

See also:
  * [[temporary-tables|Native and Managed Temporary Tables]]
  * [[create-local-temporary-table|CREATE LOCAL TEMPORARY TABLE]]
  * [[declare-temporary-table|DECLARE TEMPORARY TABLE]]

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