Understand temp table caching in stored procedures, avoid cache blockers, inspect creation counters, and review retained statistics.
Common Table Expressions for Readability
Common table expressions for readability name query steps and support recursion, but they do not promise cached intermediate results.
SQL SERVER – How to Drop Temp Table – Check Existence of Temp Table
Readers often ask how to check existence of a temp table and how to drop temp table without Msg 2714. My earlier article answers all of these questions.
SQL SERVER – SQL SERVER – Comparison : Similarity and Difference #TempTable vs @TempVariable – Part 2
Can a temp table have indexes? Yes. In Part 2 of #TempTable vs @TempVariable, I explain how temporary table indexes live in TempDB and when they help.
Porting Stored Procedures Between Platforms
Porting stored procedures means preserving error, transaction, temporary-table, sequence, and date behavior instead of translating tokens.