I have a stored procedure which is returning me about 50 columns. I want to write a query, where I will be able to select a particular column from the list of column returned by the SP. I tried writing select RSA_ID from exec(uspRisksEditSelect '1') But Its throwing me an error. I think we need to write some dynamic sql for it. But I am...
I want to create backup SQL tables using variable names. something along the lines of DECLARE @SQLTable Varchar(20) SET @SQLTable = 'SomeTableName' + ' ' + '20100526' SELECT * INTO quotename(@SQLTable) FROM SomeTableName but i'm getting Incorrect syntax near '@SQLTable'. It's just part of a small script for maintence so i ...
It looks like #temptables created using dynamic SQL via the EXECUTE string method have a different scope and can't be referenced by "fixed" SQLs in the same stored procedure. However, I can reference a temp table created by a dynamic SQL statement in a subsequence dynamic SQL but it seems that a stored procedure does not return a query r...
Hello, I writing an application using Oracle 10g. I am currently facing this problem. I take in "filename" as parameter of type varchar2. A sample value that filename may contain is: 'TEST || to_char(sysdate, 'DDD')'. In the procedure, I want to get the value of this file name as in TEST147. When i write: select filename into ffilena...
Ad hoc queries vs stored procedures vs Dynamic SQL. Can anyone say pros and cons? Best regards, Kristaps ...
I am making a test. I have all tests in rows, so my rows looks like this; ID | TEST ---------------------------------- 1 | 'select sysdate from dual' 2 | 'select sysdatesss from dual' Now I read it row by row and I need to test it with EXPLAIN PLAN FOR so the for the first row it would be EXPLAIN PLAN FOR select sysdate fro...
I have a table with columns named with the number of hour of day like this: col00 NUMBER(5) col01 NUMBER(5) col02 NUMBER(5) ... col23 NUMBER(5) ...and I have another query that returns a count by hour. I want to recover the colXX value by hour.... then I can recover with "decode" or "case when..." but I want know if exists any way to...
I have a number of stored procedures structured similarly to this: DECLARE @sql NVARCHAR(MAX) DECLARE @mdx NVARCHAR(MAX) CREATE table #result ( [col1] NVARCHAR(50), [col2] INT, [col3] INT ) SET @mdx = '{some dynamic MDX}' SET @sql = 'SELECT a.* FROM OpenQuery(LinkedAnalysisServer, ''' + @mdx + ''') AS a' INSERT INTO #result EXE...
Hello! I have the following t-sql code which generates an error Declare @table TABLE ( ID1 int, ID2 int ) INSERT INTO @table values(1, 1); INSERT INTO @table values(2, 2); INSERT INTO @table values(3, 3); DECLARE @field varchar(50); SET @field = 'ID1' DECLARE @query varchar(MAX); SET @query = 'SELECT * FROM @table WHERE ' + @f...
Hi all, is there any way of accomplishing something like the following: CREATE FUNCTION GetQtyFromID ( @oricod varchar(15), @ccocod varchar(15), @ocmnum int, @oinnum int, @acmnum int, @acttip char(2), @unisim varchar(15) ) AS RETURNS DECIMAL(18,8) BEGIN DECLARE @Result decimal(18,8) DECLARE @SQLStrin...
I have the same query in a stored procedure that needs to be executed on different servers and databases according to parameters. How can I arrange this without exec or sp_executesql? I'm using SQL Server 2008. Thank you. UPDATE I've found some links http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/29397800/dynamically-specify-serve....
Here's a tricky one - how do I programatically create and interrogate a database whose contents I can't really foresee? I am implementing a generic input form system. The user can create PHP forms with a WYSIWYG layout and use them for any purpose he wishes. He can also query the input. So, we have three stages: a form is designed an...
I have the following stored procedure which can be sorted ascending and descending on TemplateName,CreatedOn and UploadedBy. The following SP when runs doesnot sort records.if i replace 2,3,4 by columnname, i got an error message "Conversion failed when converting the nvarchar value 'Test Template' to data type int.".Please suggest how t...
I'm currently using sp_executesql to execute a T-SQL statement with a dynamic table name. However, it is really ugly to see something like: set @sql = 'UPDATE '+Table_Name+' SET ... WHERE '+someVar+' = ... AND '+someVar2' = ...' sp_executesql @sql What I would rather like to have is a TABLE variable of which is a reference to a table...
I have an application that needs to return search results from a SQL Server 2008 database. I would like to use a single stored procedure to return the results but I am finding that as I build the stored procedure it is full of many Else .. Else If statements with the query repeated over and over with slight variations depending on the us...
I am having problems trying to create a fairly simple dynamic SQL query. The variables don't display the values they contain when I PRINT @SQLString. Any ideas? ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[usp_ItemSearch] @ItemNum varchar(30) = NULL ,@SearchFilter int ,@VendorNum varchar(10) = NULL ,@RecUserID int = NULL ,@StartDate s...
How do I pass and use the column name to retrieve a bigint variable in the actual column? DECLARE @personID BIGINT, DECLARE @queryString varchar(500) Set @queryString = 'Select @personID = ' + @PersonColumnID + ' from dbo.Loss_Witness where WitnessID = @witnessID' exec(@queryString) Error message states "Must declare variable '@perso...
I am tryin to get a column from DB that returns Variable Column Name which depends on Row data. I know I can have variable Column name with using Dynamic SQL, but what if the name actually depends on the row's information. SELECT name,age FROM dbo.Names --Reurns 'name' as column name SELECT name as [xyz],ag...
I am working on a search query (with an asp.net 3.5 front end) which seems quite simple, but is quite complex. The complete query is: set ANSI_NULLS ON set QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON go ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[usp_Item_Search] @Item_Num varchar(30) = NULL ,@Search_Type int = NULL ,@Vendor_Num varchar(10) = NULL ,@Search_User_I...
I have a table where each record has a Table_Name (name of a table). I then use a Cursor to select all table names related to some record in to a Cursor. Then I do a WHILE for each table name in the Cursor to do some job. I want to know if it's possible to solve this problem without using a Cursor. DECLARE tables_cursor CURSOR FAST_FOR...