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chillipeppers
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 Posted - 2002-01-07 : 11:35:25
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| I have archived tables e.g arch_2001_cust , arch_2000_cust I have a report where you can select the year e.g. 200o,2001I then have a stored procedure where I am passing the year e.g. sp_getinfo '2001' I build up my tablename from the year passed e.g set @tabname = '[@arch_' + @SelYear + '_cust'] I then attempt to select from the correct table e.g select * from [@tabname]. I get the following error Server: Msg 208, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_getinfo, Line 8Invalid object name '@tabName'. What am I doing wrong? |
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davidpardoe
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
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Posted - 2002-01-07 : 11:43:50
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| You need to use dynamic SQL for thisdeclare @sql varchar(1000)set @sql='select * from '+@tablenameexec (@sql)Check the articles on dynamic SQL in the main part of the site for a better intro to this most useful area!http://www.sqlteam.com/item.asp?ItemID=4599============The Dabbler!Edited by - davidpardoe on 01/07/2002 11:44:38 |
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nr
SQLTeam MVY
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Posted - 2002-01-07 : 12:16:44
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| Have you thought about creating a partitioned view on the tables so that you do not need to use dynamic sql.I normally don't advise views but this looks like a case where it could make things simpler.It's also not a good idea to name procedures sp_==========================================Cursors are useful if you don't know sql.Beer is not cold and it isn't fizzy. |
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Selecting from a table