How to INSERT INTO a temp table the value of a SQL variable

I don't get where my syntax is goig wrong here, I am hoping someone can help me out?

declare @pLevel varchar
set @pLevel = (select cast(serverproperty('productlevel') as varchar(8000)))
print @pLevel
print len(pLevel)

The output is:
S
1


I believe that cast is cutting out the return value, but I am not certain why.


At any rate, all I want to do is INSERT INTO a temp table the value of:

SELECT ServerProperty('productlevel')

Thanks in advance for the help,
Bob

Code:

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create table #myTemp (prop varchar(8000))
insert into #mytemp
select cast(serverproperty('productlevel') as varchar(8000))
select prop from #mytemp
drop table #mytemp

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