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Microsoft Access VBA class to create a temporary table and automatically delete it upon release
VERSION 1.0 CLASS
BEGIN
MultiUse = -1 'True
END
Attribute VB_Name = "DAOTemporaryTableController"
Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
Attribute VB_Creatable = False
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = False
Attribute VB_Exposed = False
Option Compare Database
Option Explicit
Public TableName As String
Private myDAOQueryRunner As DAOQueryRunner ' Source: https://gist.github.com/mjdescy/6c89c5969c3618e220814c6d04f6e449
Sub Class_Initialize()
Set myDAOQueryRunner = New DAOQueryRunner
TableName = "Temp"
End Sub
Sub Class_Terminate()
Call DropTable
Set myDAOQueryRunner = Nothing
End Sub
Public Sub OutputQueryToTemporaryTable(pQuery As String)
Dim ModifiedQuery As String
ModifiedQuery = ModifyQueryToInsertIntoTableClause(pQuery, TableName)
Call myDAOQueryRunner.ExecuteActionQuery(ModifiedQuery)
End Sub
Private Function ModifyQueryToInsertIntoTableClause(pQuery As String, pTableName As String) As String
' Note: Complex queries with more than one "FROM" in them are not handled correctly by this function.
ModifyQueryToInsertIntoTableClause = Replace(pQuery, "FROM", BuildIntoTableClause(pTableName) & "FROM", Count:=1)
End Function
Private Function BuildIntoTableClause(pTableName As String) As String
BuildIntoTableClause = "INTO [" & pTableName & "] " & vbNewLine
End Function
Private Sub DropTable()
Call myDAOQueryRunner.ExecuteActionQuery(BuildDropTableQuery())
End Sub
Private Function BuildDropTableQuery() As String
BuildDropTableQuery = "DROP TABLE [" & TableName & "]"
End Function
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mjdescy commented May 30, 2018

Access does not allow you to use a subquery in a SQL JOIN condition. If you wish to do so, and are using VBA to execute the queries, you can use this class to create and use a temporary table instead. Once this class goes out of scope, its associated temporary table will be dropped.

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