SQL run from Excel cannot use a temporary table

Question

I have been able to create a data connection from Excel to SQL Server and execute many SQL queries successfully. But I cannot get any TSQL to work if it includes a temporary

Answer 1

I wanted to add to the above answer - just using SET NOCOUNT ON at the top of the query, with a regular temp table SELECT name INTO #Names FROM Employee should work.

A table variable is not needed here.

You could also add SET ANSI_WARNINGS OFF to avoid messages like "NULL Value is eliminated by an aggregate".

Answer 2

The following appears to work ...

set nocount on
declare @t table(fid int)  -- I'm sure I could add the rest of the columns if I wanted to
insert @t select freq_id from compass3.dbo.freq
select * from @t where fid>2

So as long as I turn nocount on and use a table variable rather than a temporary table, I can achieve what I need.