<p>Error 1562 occurs when a CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE statement includes a PARTITION clause, which MySQL forbids.</p>
<p>MySQL Error 1562 ER_PARTITION_NO_TEMPORARY appears when you try to create a temporary table with partitions. MySQL disallows partitioning on TEMPORARY tables. Remove the TEMPORARY keyword or drop the PARTITION clause to resolve the issue.</p>
Cannot create temporary table with partitions
MySQL returns error 1562 with message 'Cannot create temporary table with partitions' when a CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE statement includes a PARTITION or SUBPARTITION clause. MySQL forbids partitioning on temporary tables because the session scoped metadata that tracks partitions is incompatible with the temporary table lifecycle.
Because the engine cannot guarantee the cleanup of partition metadata after the session ends, it disallows the construct entirely. Developers usually meet the error during migration scripts or quick scratch work in an interactive session.
The error is triggered exclusively by the combination of the TEMPORARY keyword and any partitioning clause in the same CREATE TABLE statement. It is independent of the storage engine or partitioning type.
Using CREATE TABLE LIKE combined with ALTER TABLE PARTITION BY followed by ALTER TABLE RENAME TO TEMPORARY can also surface the error indirectly in older versions.
The immediate fix is to remove the TEMPORARY keyword so MySQL creates a regular persistent table, or to drop the partitioning clause if the table must stay temporary.
When temporary semantics are essential, load the needed subset of data into a non partitioned TEMPORARY table. If partitioning is essential, use a normal table and schedule a DROP TABLE after job completion.
CREATE TABLE session_data (id INT, created_at DATETIME) PARTITION BY RANGE (YEAR(created_at)) (PARTITION p2023 VALUES LESS THAN (2024)); CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE session_data_temp (id INT, created_at DATETIME);
ETL scripts sometimes create TEMPORARY tables as staging areas. Removing PARTITION BY or switching to a real staging table resolves failures.
Frameworks that generate MySQL DDL may wrongly append TEMPORARY to partitioned table definitions. Adjust the template to emit either TEMPORARY or PARTITION BY but not both.
Decide early whether a table needs partitioning or temporary scope; never combine both in the same statement.
Add unit tests or CI checks that scan migration files for CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE followed by PARTITION keywords.
MySQL Error 1503 (ER_PARTITION_HANDLER) surfaces when the chosen storage engine does not support partitioning. Converting the table to InnoDB fixes the issue.
MySQL Error 1558 (ER_PARTITION_COLLIST_ERROR) occurs when partition key columns are not part of the primary key for unique indexes; adding the columns to the index resolves the conflict.
Including PARTITION clauses in a CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE statement directly triggers Error 1562.
Code generators may automatically mark tables as temporary even when partitions are defined, leading to the error at runtime.
Running ALTER TABLE RENAME TO TEMPORARY on an already partitioned table also surfaces the restriction.
Raised when the selected storage engine does not support partitioning.
Occurs when a unique index omits partition columns.
Appears when partition key columns are not part of the primary key in an InnoDB table using unique indexes.
No. MySQL disallows partitioning on temporary tables across all versions.
No. The rule applies to all engines including InnoDB, MyISAM, and MEMORY.
Creating a regular table may add disk I O but you can drop the table after use or switch to MEMORY engine if appropriate.
Galaxy's editor surfaces lint warnings when a TEMPORARY table definition includes partitioning, preventing the statement from running.
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