Then they're there, no one knows it, and you can use the full functionality of Access.<BR><BR>When you're done, you might do a benchmark between using the temp table versus sql server to see if it ...

Temp tables persist until then connection closes, so you don't have to do it all in one query.<BR><BR>Alternately, try collapsing your queries and eliminate the whole idea of a temp table.

If your business uses relational databases to store data, you may have used a SQL SELECT clause to create new tables from query results. This method won't work in SQL Server, but Microsoft's Trans ...