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Great question—let’s break down the feasible solutions here, starting with a critical clarification about how Oracle treats temporary tables in read-only mode.

First, a core point: Oracle’s READ ONLY database restriction only applies to permanent tablespaces. Temporary tablespaces (used for storing temporary table data) remain writable, because temporary table data is session-private and never persisted to permanent storage. This is the foundation of your solution.

Solution 1: Use Global Temporary Tables (GTTs) #

Global Temporary Tables are your best bet here. They’re defined once in the data dictionary (so they can be synced from your primary site to the reporting site), but their data is entirely private to your session and stored in the temporary tablespace—perfect for your read-only environment.

Here’s how to implement this:

1. Create the GTT on your primary site (since you can’t create objects directly on the read-only reporting site):

   CREATE GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE temp_report_results (
       record_id NUMBER,
       metric_value NUMBER,
       report_date DATE
   ) ON COMMIT PRESERVE ROWS; -- Use ON COMMIT DELETE ROWS if you want data cleared after each transaction
   

2. Sync the GTT definition to the reporting site via your existing synchronization mechanism (e.g., Data Guard, GoldenGate). Note: Only the table structure will sync—GTT data is never replicated, which is exactly what you want.
3. Get necessary permissions on the reporting site: Ask your DBA to grant you INSERT, SELECT, and optionally UPDATE/DELETE permissions on the synced GTT:

   GRANT INSERT, SELECT ON temp_report_results TO your_reporting_user;
   

4. Use the GTT in your reporting session: Even in the read-only environment, you can now populate and query the GTT normally—since the data lives in the temporary tablespace, it bypasses the read-only restriction:

   -- Populate the GTT with your report-specific data
   INSERT INTO temp_report_results
   SELECT id, sales_amount, sale_date FROM primary_site_sales WHERE sale_date >= '01-JAN-2024';
   
   -- Query the GTT alongside other read-only tables for your report
   SELECT trr.record_id, trr.metric_value, rd.region_name
   FROM temp_report_results trr
   JOIN read_only_region_data rd ON trr.record_id = rd.region_id;
   

Key Notes for GTTs: #

• Your GTT data is only visible to your session—other users on the reporting site won’t see it, and it’ll be automatically cleared when your session ends (or after a commit, if you used ON COMMIT DELETE ROWS).
• No need to worry about impacting the read-only environment’s consistency—GTT data never touches permanent storage.

Solution 2: Use WITH Clauses for Ad-Hoc Temporary Data #

If you don’t want to rely on a pre-created GTT, you can use Oracle’s WITH clause to define ad-hoc temporary datasets for one-time report queries. This is ideal if you only need the temporary data for a single query:

WITH adhoc_temp_data AS (
    SELECT customer_id, SUM(order_total) AS total_spent
    FROM read_only_order_data
    WHERE order_date BETWEEN '01-JAN-2024' AND '31-JAN-2024'
    GROUP BY customer_id
)
SELECT atd.customer_id, atd.total_spent, cd.customer_name
FROM adhoc_temp_data atd
JOIN read_only_customer_data cd ON atd.customer_id = cd.customer_id
WHERE atd.total_spent > 1000;

This approach requires no object creation or extra permissions, but the temporary dataset only exists for the duration of the query.

Why Your Initial Approach Didn’t Work #

Your original idea of creating a temporary table on the primary site and syncing data to the reporting site doesn’t work because Oracle temporary tables never store persistent data—their content is session-specific and never replicated. The good news is you don’t need to sync data at all; you can populate the GTT directly in your reporting session.

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