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title: "Explain the difference between a temporary table and a regular table in SQLite."  
description: "Explain the difference between a temporary table and a regular table in SQLite."  
author: "Utpal Vishwas"  
published: 2023-05-18  
updated: 2023-05-19  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/158395/explain-the-difference-between-a-temporary-table-and-a-regular-table-in-sqlite  
category: "sqlite"  
tags: ["database", "sqlite", "database table"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Explain the difference between a temporary table and a regular table in SQLite.

[Explain the difference](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/156125/can-you-explain-the-difference-between-organic-and-paid-results) between a [temporary table](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12546/temporary-table-in-sql) and a [regular](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/220/problem-in-regular-expression-in-javascript) table in SQLite.

## Replies

### Reply by Aryan Kumar

The main [difference](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/157114/good-news-or-bad-news-and-the-difference-is) between a [temporary](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/2292/how-to-set-temporary-path-of-jdk-in-windows) [table](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/43918/how-to-design-table-using-bootstrap) and a regular table in SQLite is that a temporary table is only visible to the current database connection, while a regular table is visible to all database connections. This means that temporary tables are a good choice for storing data that you only need for a short period of time, such as the results of a query.

Another difference between temporary tables and regular tables is that temporary tables are automatically deleted when the database connection is closed, while regular tables are not. This means that you do not need to worry about deleting temporary tables manually.

Here is a table that summarizes the key differences between temporary tables and regular tables in SQLite:

| Feature | Temporary Table | Regular Table |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Visibility | Visible to the current database connection only | Visible to all database connections |
| Lifetime | Deleted when the database connection is closed | Remains until it is explicitly deleted |

Here are some examples of how temporary tables can be used:

- To store the results of a query that you only need for a short period of time.
- To perform a complex operation that would be too expensive to do on a regular table.
- To create a copy of a regular table for testing or debugging purposes.


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