I hate to re-open a seemingly completed issue but I just wanted to get a clarification on this simple script:

SELECT

*

FROM

tableName tN

LEFT JOIN

tempTable tT

ON

tN.ID = tT.ID

WHERE

tT.ID IS NULL

Wouldn't this return the...

I've been frustrated by this topic for a while, mostly because there is no good authoritative opinion on whether one is inherently better than the other. I tried using...

I hate to break into a conversation mid-topic but I was hoping to get more information on the following statement:

"Reasons to use temp tables

access the data in a different context...