using a mysql temporary table.

Hello, I'm trying to use a temporary table in mySQL with PHP. First I tried to create a temporary table and then query it in the same script. But the table didn't persist to the second query in the PHP script. I found this knowledge base entry: http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/445 Where it shows to do all the querying in one swoop. The problem I'm having now is that PHP is throwing an error at the first semi-colon. It appears that it doesn't want to run multiple query statements in 1 query function. I'm using the mySQL pear class in my application, I wouldn't think that it would have any effect on the problem. Here is an example of the query I'm attempting. CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE tmp_events SELECT event_id, event_title FROM events; INSERT INTO tmp_events SELECT event_id, event_title FROM special_events; SELECT event_id, event_title FROM tmp_events ORDER BY event_title; But I get an error like: 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near '; INSERT INTO tmp_events' If I echo my SQL statement and paste it into mySQL the query works fine. Any suggestions that you can offer would be great. -- Jeff Bearer, RHCE Webmaster PittsburghLIVE.com 2002 EPpy Award, Best Online U.S. Newspaper