Sessions and Temporary Tables

I'm trying to create a temporary table through a query call in php and have no guiding documentation to refer to. I assume it can be created as any other query call. I would use CREATE INSERT but the insert data is coming from a while loop. I understand that the temporary table requires registration as a session to ensure it is dropped after the session is closed. Does this mean I would need to simply register the name of the table. All aspects of the code are apparently working fine. No errors. When I use a SELECT statement and attempt to display the contents of the table, I only get the html headers for the table but no data. When I attempt to DESCRIBE the table directly from the mysql command line - it does not exist. Michael Conway mconway3@cox.net (703) 968-8875