Can I release temp SQL Tables?

In Query Analyzer I am creating a Select statement using temp tables. For a
simple example:
Select abc.def into #tmptable from ABCTable.
If I make changes to the query and then rerun it, it tells me that the
object (which is the temp table) already exist in the database. I have to
close my Query Analyzer window and then reopen it.
So my question is this: Is there a command that I can include in the Query
Analyzer window that will release the Temp Table without having to close the
window?DROP TABLE #TABLENAME
"Preacher Man" <nospam> wrote in message
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> In Query Analyzer I am creating a Select statement using temp tables. For
> a simple example:
> Select abc.def into #tmptable from ABCTable.
> If I make changes to the query and then rerun it, it tells me that the
> object (which is the temp table) already exist in the database. I have to
> close my Query Analyzer window and then reopen it.
> So my question is this: Is there a command that I can include in the
> Query Analyzer window that will release the Temp Table without having to
> close the window?
>|||drop table #tmptable
"Preacher Man" <nospam> wrote in message
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> In Query Analyzer I am creating a Select statement using temp tables. For
> a simple example:
> Select abc.def into #tmptable from ABCTable.
> If I make changes to the query and then rerun it, it tells me that the
> object (which is the temp table) already exist in the database. I have to
> close my Query Analyzer window and then reopen it.
> So my question is this: Is there a command that I can include in the
> Query Analyzer window that will release the Temp Table without having to
> close the window?
>|||Thanks everyone for the quick response.
"Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" <ten.xoc@.dnartreb.noraa> wrote in mess
age
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> drop table #tmptable
>
> "Preacher Man" <nospam> wrote in message
> news:OaUixWGRGHA.4952@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>|||and u can put a check in too :
IF OBJECT_ID ('tempdb..#testtemp') IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
DROP TABLE #testtemp
END
CREATE TABLE #testtemp (numb int)
INSERT #testtemp VALUES (1)
INSERT #testtemp VALUES (1)
"Preacher Man" <nospam> wrote in message
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> In Query Analyzer I am creating a Select statement using temp tables. For
> a simple example:
> Select abc.def into #tmptable from ABCTable.
> If I make changes to the query and then rerun it, it tells me that the
> object (which is the temp table) already exist in the database. I have to
> close my Query Analyzer window and then reopen it.
> So my question is this: Is there a command that I can include in the
> Query Analyzer window that will release the Temp Table without having to
> close the window?
>