BUG: Errors 2714 and 267 on INSERT INTO Global Temp Table

• Microsoft SQL Server, version 6.5

SYMPTOMS

An INSERT INTO a global temp table from a stored procedure may result in the following errors during the second and third executions:

   At the second execution:

      Msg 2714, Level 16, State 1
      There is already an object named '%.*s' in the database.

   At the third execution:

      Msg 267, Level 16, State 1
      Object '%.*s' cannot be found.

   DROP PROCEDURE sp_test
   GO

   CREATE PROCEDURE sp_test
   AS
   EXEC ("IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM tempdb..sysobjects
      WHERE name = '##testTable' AND type = 'u')
      DROP TABLE ##testTable")
   CREATE TABLE ##testTable (col INT)
   INSERT INTO ##testTable SELECT 1
   cleanup:
   EXEC ("IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM tempdb..sysobjects
      WHERE name = '##testTable' AND type = 'u') DROP TABLE ##testTable")
   GO

   EXEC sp_test /* First execution */

      This command did not return data, and it did not return any rows.

   EXEC sp_test /* Second execution */

      Msg 2714, Level 16, State 1
      There is already an object named '##testTable' in the database.

   EXEC sp_test /* Third execution */

      Msg 267, Level 16, State 1
      Object '' cannot be found.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, do either of the following:

• Create the stored procedure with the RECOMPILE option.

  -or-

• Use the EXECUTE command with the INSERT INTO statement.

   CREATE PROCEDURE sp_test WITH RECOMPILE
   AS
   EXEC ("IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM tempdb..sysobjects
      WHERE name = '##testTable' AND type = 'u')
      DROP TABLE ##testTable")
   CREATE TABLE ##testTable (col INT)
   EXEC ('INSERT INTO ##testTable SELECT 1')
   cleanup:
   EXEC ("IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM tempdb..sysobjects
      WHERE name = '##testTable' AND type = 'u') DROP TABLE ##testTable")
   GO

STATUS