Use a session-scoped temporary table.

Store intermediate rows in a local # table.

T-SQL snippet.sql
CREATE TABLE #scores (name NVARCHAR(40), score INT);
INSERT INTO #scores VALUES (N'Ada',10),(N'Lin',20);
SELECT name FROM #scores WHERE score >= 15;

Expected output EXAMPLE

Lin

Details

Requires SQL Server 2022 or later. Run in an empty scratch database in SSMS or sqlcmd. Result rows below use | between columns, without headers; client display formatting may differ. A local temporary table is visible within the current SQL Server session. Use a fresh scratch database; the example creates any tables it needs.

✓ Verified

Tested on Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS · · SQL Server 16.0.4295.3 · libc6 2.39-0ubuntu8.9; psycopg 3.2.10; pymssql 2.3.8

Test inputs, results and environment

The exact published code ran in a dedicated Linux test container with prepared inputs. Snippet process uid 65534 with a read-only root filesystem and temporary working files. Database services use a private internal Docker network without published ports. Fresh scratch schema/database for each case; test database administrator credentials are confined to these disposable services. Fixtures and output records are isolated from the application database. Testing covers this example and its stated checks, not every input, operating system, or runtime version. The Linux container shares its host's kernel; this is not a native Windows test.

Architecture / host kernel
x86_64 / 6.18.54.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
Snippet identity / locale
uid=65534, gid=65534 (unprivileged process) / C.UTF-8
Interpreter invocation
Execute the exact SQL in a fresh database/schema; serialize result rows with | separators
Container image ID
sha256:ec91410a8f6ec3e985830b5e3a0560306d36f8c1c5ccd91a6699abe707123fa3
Code SHA-256
7a7abf094ebb104ff0fbd91012ff25c63ec06b7461709cdf9ecdebd4c831fe89
Dependencies
libc6 2.39-0ubuntu8.9; psycopg 3.2.10; pymssql 2.3.8

Test input setup

These are the prepared inputs used by the test harness. See Details above for the prerequisites and how to run this example.

# No input files required.

Observed standard output

Lin

Exit code: 0. Standard error: empty. Validation: Exact stdout comparison. System-dependent values above are one recorded run.