TSQL Openquery not creating temp table

Question

I have the following code:

declare @cQuery      varchar(2000);
declare @cTSQL       varchar(2000);
declare @cLinkServer varchar(20);
declare @cTable      varchar(20);

set @cQuery = 'SELECT iln.product_nbr FROM axs.pub.ivc_line iln';
set @cLinkServer = 'RBDAX1';
set @cTable = '#tempInv';

if OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#tempInv') is not null
    drop table #tempInv

--SELECT * INTO #tempInv FROM OPENQUERY(RBDAX1,'SELECT iln.product_nbr FROM axs.pub.ivc_line iln');

set @cTSQL = 
    'SELECT * '
    + ' INTO #tempInv '
    + ' FROM OPENQUERY(RBDAX1,''SELECT iln.product_nbr FROM axs.pub.ivc_line iln'')'
    ;

exec ( @cTSQL );

When I call exec ( @cTSQL ); the temp table has not been created.

When I run the commented out line:

SELECT * 
INTO #tempInv 
FROM OPENQUERY(RBDAX1, 'SELECT iln.product_nbr FROM axs.pub.ivc_line iln');

the temp table is created just fine.

What am I missing here?

Answer 1

You cannot create a temp table this way. The temp table is created but then 'goes away' the minute the query ends. You can create a table and do an insert/select.