Using a temporary table on SRSS report - sql-server

Question

I have a stored procedure which works without a problem at the sql server side. However, when I feed a SRSS report with this stored procedure, I am having an error such as; Invalid object name '##tempTable'.
Here is my stored procedure;
ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[Link_SP_Inventory]
-- Add the parameters for the stored procedure here
#StoreId int,
#StartDate date,
#EndDate date
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #QUERY nvarchar(MAX);
SET #QUERY = N'SELECT * INTO ##tempTable ' +
N'FROM OPENQUERY("172.11.111.11", N''EXEC [DB].dbo.SP_inventory ' + CONVERT(varchar(10),#StoreId) + ',' + '''' + QUOTENAME(CONVERT(varchar,#StartDate,112),'''') + '''' + ',' + '''' + QUOTENAME(CONVERT(varchar,#EndDate,112) + '''','''') + ')';
EXEC sp_executesql #QUERY;
SET NOCOUNT ON;
SELECT * FROM ##tempTable
drop table ##tempTable
END
GO
How can I solve this issue? Thanks.

Answer 1

A Table referenced in a Dynamic statement can only be referenced inside that dynamic statement. Take this simple query:
EXEC sp_executesql N'SELECT 1 AS I INTO #temp;';
SELECT *
FROM #temp;
Notice the statement fails with:
Msg 208, Level 16, State 0, Line 3
Invalid object name '#temp'.
It seems, however, you don't need to temporary table, and this will work fine:
ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[Link_SP_Inventory]
-- Add the parameters for the stored procedure here
#StoreId int,
#StartDate date,
#EndDate date
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #QUERY nvarchar(MAX);
SET #QUERY = N'SELECT * ' +
N'FROM OPENQUERY("172.11.111.11", N''EXEC [DB].dbo.SP_inventory ' + CONVERT(varchar(10),#StoreId) + ',' + '''' + QUOTENAME(CONVERT(varchar(8),#StartDate,112),'''') + '''' + ',' + '''' + QUOTENAME(CONVERT(varchar(8),#EndDate,112) + '''','''') + ')';
EXEC sp_executesql #QUERY;
END;

Answer 2

Try doing this
ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[Link_SP_Inventory]
-- Add the parameters for the stored procedure here
#StoreId int,
#StartDate date,
#EndDate date
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #QUERY nvarchar(MAX);
SET #QUERY = N'SELECT * INTO ##temp_global ' +
N'FROM OPENQUERY("172.11.111.11", N''EXEC [DB].dbo.SP_inventory ' + CONVERT(varchar(10),#StoreId) + ',' + '''' + QUOTENAME(CONVERT(varchar,#StartDate,112),'''') '''' + ',' + '''' + QUOTENAME(CONVERT(varchar,#EndDate,112) + '''','''') + ')';
EXECUTE (#QUERY)
SELECT * FROM ##temp_global
DROP TABLE ##temp_global
END

Answer 3

I think I had this once and I had to create the temp table initially with the column names specified and then insert into it, so that your dataset would be able to pick up the column names. So something like this may work:
ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[Link_SP_Inventory]
-- Add the parameters for the stored procedure here
#StoreId int,
#StartDate date,
#EndDate date
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #QUERY nvarchar(MAX);
CREATE TABLE ##tempTable ([ColumnOne] VARCHAR(10), [ColumnTwo] DATETIME) --Add required columns here
SET #QUERY = N'SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY("172.11.111.11", N''EXEC [DB].dbo.SP_inventory ' + CONVERT(varchar(10),#StoreId) + ',' + '''' + QUOTENAME(CONVERT(varchar,#StartDate,112),'''') + '''' + ',' + '''' + QUOTENAME(CONVERT(varchar,#EndDate,112) + '''','''') + ')';
INSERT INTO ##tempTable ([ColumnOne],[ColumnTwo])
EXEC (#QUERY);
SET NOCOUNT ON;
SELECT * FROM ##tempTable
DROP TABLE ##tempTable
END
GO