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

Syntax:

CREATE [SET | MULTISET] VOLATILE TABLE table_name
(
   column_name data_type [NULL | NOT NULL]
   [, ...]
)
[ ON COMMIT DELETE ROWS | ON COMMIT PRESERVE ROWS]

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 Native and Managed Temporary Tables.

Example:

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

SET hplsql.temp.tables = managed;
 
CREATE VOLATILE TABLE temp1
(
   c1 INT,
   c2 STRING
);
 
INSERT INTO temp1 SELECT 1, 'A' FROM dual;
 
SELECT * FROM temp1;

Compatibility: Teradata

Version: HPL/SQL 0.3.1

See also:

• Native and Managed Temporary Tables
• CREATE LOCAL TEMPORARY TABLE
• DECLARE TEMPORARY TABLE