I need to select some data (surprise) from several tables in a linked database which is running SQL Server 2000.Now the resulting data set will be about 10,000 records taken from ~ 8 tables.I can ...

SQL Server throws a wobbly when one tries to declare/create the same-named temporary table more than once in the same procedure - I guess the query analyser assumes that all temp table creations ...

By using the nomenclature #localtable or ##globaltable SQL Server knows to create a table in TempDB. If you use a local temp table, it is only available for your current session.