In my TempDB, I have got some temp tables #T______________HexNumbers.
Some of them have been created back in September 2011, but were not dropped. I have found the procedures also where they were used, but they had dropped statements . Still the table are present .
How will I drop these tables?
The table names in tempdb..sysobjects are
#T__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________000000002450
#T__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________00000000268B
#T__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________0000000029E2
#T__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________00000000205D
#T__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________00000000219A

Thanks,
Harsha

Code Snippet
if exists (
select * from tempdb.dbo.sysobjects o
where o.xtype in (‘U’)
and o.id = object_id(N’tempdb..#tempTable’)
)
BEGIN
DROP TABLE #tempTable;
END

I’ve tried your code and it works, but it fail when there’s a 2byte character (e.g. Korean) in the name of temporary table.

So, to avoid an exception, I think it will be good to use “IF EXISTS” statement instead.

Example:
IF EXISTS(SELECT * FROM tempdb.dbo.sysobjects WHERE ID = OBJECT_ID(N’[TempDB]..[#NewNEW_PROCESS_mbr엔티티]‘))
DROP TABLE [#NewNEW_PROCESS_mbr엔티티]

-Alex

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Just ignore my above comments, since I just identified that there’s no problem with Abhijit’s query even though there’s a 2 byte character in the temporary table.
The reason why I had a problem is that I missed N before the table name :)

Incorrect:
IF OBJECT_ID(‘[TempDB]..[#NewNEW_PROCESS_mbr엔티티]‘)) IS NOT NULL

Correct:
IF OBJECT_ID(N’[TempDB]..[#NewNEW_PROCESS_mbr엔티티]‘)) IS NOT NULL

I’ve tried your code and it works, but it fail when there’s a 2byte character (e.g. Korean) in the name of temporary table.

So, to avoid an exception, I think it will be good to use “IF EXISTS” statement instead.

Example:
IF EXISTS(SELECT * FROM tempdb.dbo.sysobjects WHERE ID = OBJECT_ID(N’[TempDB]..[#NewNEW_PROCESS_mbr엔티티]‘))
DROP TABLE [#NewNEW_PROCESS_mbr엔티티]

-Alex

This is the code that I am trying to run and I validate it before running it:

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Applicants](
[APPLICANT_ID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[FIRST_NAME] [varchar](50) NOT NULL,
[MIDDLE] [varchar](50) NULL,
[LAST_NAME] [varchar](50) NOT NULL,
[EMAIL] [varchar](50) NULL,
[PHONE] [varchar](30) NULL,
[STREET] [varchar](100) NULL,
[CITY] [varchar](50) NULL,
[STATE] [varchar](20) NULL,
[ZIP] [varchar](20) NULL,
[APPLICANT_DATETIME] [datetime] NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT [PK_Applicants] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
[APPLICANT_ID] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]

This is part of a bigger script that completely fails when I validate saying that the database does not exist, but the database is there and I am connected.

Please let me know if you see anything wrong with the code, or if I have to do something else before I run the script, I am a newbie at this.

Thanks.

Manu

SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
SET ANSI_PADDING ON
GO
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[TV_BookEMPDMAP_BKP_PROD](
[BOOK] [varchar](20) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL,
[EMPLOYEE [varchar](50) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT [TV_BookEMPDMAP_BKP_PROD] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
[BOOK] ASC
)WITH (IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]

GO
SET ANSI_PADDING OFF

I used below query to verify such table does not exists.
select * from sys.tables where name LIKE ‘TV_BookEMPDMAP_BKP_PROD%’

DECLARE @NOTHINGVAR VARCHAR(10)
DROP TABLE #result
IF @@ERROR 0
BEGIN
SET @NOTHINGVAR = ”
END

create procedure proc1 (@a int)
as
begin
if @a=1
create table #temp(a1 int)
else
create table #temp(a1 int)
drop table #temp
end

I also get this error : “There is already an object named ‘#temp’ in the database.”

I know this is due to parsing or a kind of bug… but know the exact reason, please clarify?

I need solution for this fix

Fix : Error : Msg 2714, Level 16, State 6 – There is already an object named ‘#temp’ in the database

I get the Msg 2714, Level 16, State 3 error message when running a script using SQLCMD, if i run the script directly in SQL Server 2008 it works without any problems.

The script file contains the following
IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N’[dbo].[usp_GetLoanBalanceHistory]‘) AND type in (N’P', N’PC’))
DROP PROCEDURE [dbo].[usp_GetLoanBalanceHistory]
GO

SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO

SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO

IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N’[dbo].[usp_GetLoanBalanceHistory]‘) AND type in (N’P', N’PC’))
BEGIN
EXEC dbo.sp_executesql @statement = N’CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[usp_GetLoanBalanceHistory](@TransactionId int)

AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON;

SELECT [LoanBalanceSnapShotId]
FROM [dbo].[LoanBalanceSnapShot]
WHERE [TransactionId] = @TransactionId;

END

‘
END
GO

Also, sometimes the script will NOT generate an error but the proc still doesn’t appear in the database.

A couple of the My DBAs have had a look at this and they are baffled as to the cause.

Thank you for your time and assitance.
Hitesh

begin try
drop table #temp
end try
begin catch

end catch

create table #temp (
col1 int
)

I also have a constraint that I added to the temp table in the stored procedure. That constraint is now viewable in tempdb..sysobjects but I can not access it! The name of the constraint does not have the “_______hex” suffix on it. Because of this my sproc now fails because it tries to create the constraint but it already exists – although I can’t get to it to drop it!

Yes I can check if it exists and not add it, but the constraint is attached to a “dead” temp table that I can not drop.

Thanks!

Thanks,
Rakesh

I think that using OBJECT_ID(’tempdb..#temp’) IS NOT NULL is one and only reasonable way in these two cases.

#temp table exists in current session, so when you use OBJECT_ID you will get ID (or not, if not exists) of your own object from current session.

Executing:

IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM tempdb.sys.tables WHERE name LIKE ‘#temp%’)
DROP TABLE #temp

you may get:

Msg 3701, Level 11, State 5, Line 2
Cannot drop the table ‘#temp’, because it does not exist or you do not have permission.

…there might be temporary table(s) with name ‘#temp’ but not in your current session.

IF OBJECT_ID(‘tempdb..#temp’) IS NOT NULL
DROP TABLE #temp

CREATE TABLE #temp….

-Abhijit’

But this reminds me of the incomprehensable error messages that sql server produces: what do the Level, State and Line in the error message mean? And is there any way to relate these items to the SQL code that produced them?