db2 equivalent of tsql temp table
You have to declare a temp table in DB2 before you can use it. Either with the same query you are running:
DECLARE GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE SESSION.YOUR_TEMP_TABLE_NAME AS (
SELECT COLUMN_1, COLUMN_2, COLUMN_3
FROM TABLE_A
) DEFINITION ONLY
Or "manually" define the columns:
DECLARE GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE SESSION.YOUR_TEMP_TABLE_NAME (
COLUMN_1 CHAR(10)
,COLUMN_2 TIMESTAMP
,COLUMN_3 INTEGER
)
Then populate it:
INSERT INTO SESSION.YOUR_TEMP_TABLE_NAME
SELECT COLUMN_1, COLUMN_2, COLUMN_3
FROM TABLE_A
WHERE COLUMN_1 = 1
AND COLUMN_2 = 2
It's not quite as straight-forward as in SQL Server. :)
And even though it's called a "global" temporary table, it only exists for the current session. Note that all temp tables should be prefixed with the SESSION
schema. If you do not provide a schema name, then SESSION
will be implied.
maybe the "with" clause is what you look for:
with TEMP_A as (
SELECT COLUMN_1, COLUMN_2, COLUMN_3
FROM TABLE_A
WHERE COLUMN_1 = 1 AND COLUMN_2 = 2
)
-- now use TEMP_A
select * from TEMP_A