SQL 2005 Select Into Temp Table Then Insert Causes Null Issue

Here is the scenario that I cannot resolve



CREATE TABLE [dbo].[tEvents](

[EventID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,

[EventName] [varchar](1000) NOT NULL,

CONSTRAINT [PK_tEvent] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED

(

[EventID] ASC

)WITH FILLFACTOR = 90 ON [PRIMARY]

) ON [PRIMARY]



CREATE TABLE [dbo].[tEventSelections](

[EventSelectionID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,

[EventID] [int] NOT NULL,

[StatusPID] [int] NOT NULL,

CONSTRAINT [PK_tEventSelections] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED

(

[EventSelectionID] ASC

)WITH FILLFACTOR = 90 ON [PRIMARY]

) ON [PRIMARY]



then try this



SELECT e.eventName, es.statuspid

INTO #tmpTable

FROM tEventSelections ES

INNER JOIN tEvents E

ON E.EVentID = ES.EventID

INSERT INTO #tmpTable (eventName) values ('Another One')

DROP TABLE #tmpTable



this causes a null insert issue

(0 row(s) affected)

Msg 515, Level 16, State 2, Line 7

Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'statuspid', table 'tempdb.dbo.#tmpTable___________________________________________________________________________________________________________000000000130'; column does not allow nulls. INSERT fails.

The statement has been terminated.



So how do I allow the null, as the not null is coming from the ES table. But I want to allow the insert to happen without having to create the table first, this code works in SQL 2000 but fails in 2005, inserting all fileds into the insert also has it's own issues as some of the fields are delibertly left blank so in some circumstances the data returned to a grid displays correctly.



This method has been used in quite a lot of stored procedures and will be a nightmare to correct if each has to be edited.



One example of the use of is to return a dataset and then add a row at the bottom which is a sum of all the rows.



Regards