How to drop a temporary table?

Hi ,
I try to create e temprary table with
create global temporary table My_table_name ( ..... ) ON COMMIT PRESERVE ROWS ;
All is OK.
I try this step:
insert into My_Table_name select ..... ;
All is OK.
After this I try :
delete from My_table_name ;
All is OK.
But if I try to make:
drop table My_table_name , Oracle reports that I can not drop this table ( the table is in use).
Where is the problem?
Many thanks in advance.
null

Hi,
You have created a session specific table which will only be dropped when you come out of the session. if you want to drop in the same session try using on commit delete rows that is the transaction specific table.
regards
gaurav
null

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