I need to select some data (surprise) from several tables in a linked database which is running SQL Server 2000 ... then store them in a temp table. That way (I assume) I won't have to waste ...

Additionally, I want to run some additional queries off of that data that is returned from the SQL Server. I have concluded that the easiest way may be to create a temporary table that I can ...

Use temp tables to improve ... as a column in a SELECT query. SQL Server Enterprise offers “partitioning,” which allows you to split database tables into multiple partitions.