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Speed comparison of temporary tables against table variables Part three of a five-part series of blogs |
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When you are programming in SQL, you often have the choice of using table variables or temporary tables. This blog considers whether one method is substantially quicker than the other (spoiler alert: not really).
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Here's the code to generate our temporary table and view its results:
-- get rid of any old table
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS #AdviceRows
-- create a new one
CREATE TABLE #AdviceRows (
ID int,
OwlyAdvice varchar(100)
)
-- the number of rows to generate
DECLARE @max int = 100000
-- loop counter used and string variable
DECLARE @i int = 1
DECLARE @s varchar(100)
-- keep going till we've created enough rows
WHILE @i <=>=>
BEGIN
-- text to store
SET @s =
CASE
WHEN @i % 3 = 0 THEN 'This too shall pass'
WHEN @i % 3 = 1 THEN 'Look before you leap'
ELSE 'Fortune favours the brave'
END
INSERT INTO #AdviceRows (ID,OwlyAdvice)
VALUES (@i,@s)
SET @i = @i + 1
END
SELECT
a.OwlyAdvice AS Advice,
COUNT(*) AS Frequency
FROM
#AdviceRows AS a
GROUP BY
a.OwlyAdvice
ORDER BY
Frequency ASC
Next up, table variables.
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