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AskSQLTeam
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 Posted - 2002-06-27 : 09:17:42
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| Terry writes "I am doing a stored procedure, within it I need to update hundreds of columns, I tried to use variables to loop to update the columns , like the code below("@ExportTo_RollupOrder is the numeric string "1", "2",...):----------------------------------------------------------select @ExportTo_ColumnName="Q"+@ExportTo_RollupOrder update EriExport set @ExportTo_ColumnName = @ExportTo_Numeric where base_id= @DistinctUser ----------------------------------------------------------but it did not work, please give me a hand! Thanks!" |
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dsdeming
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Posted - 2002-06-27 : 09:37:01
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| If you need to use a variable for the column name in the SET clause, it's going to require dynamic SQL. See sp_executesql and EXECUTE in BOL. |
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AjarnMark
SQL Slashing Gunting Master
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Posted - 2002-06-28 : 20:14:24
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| Or read these great articles on Dynamic SQL here on SQLTeam...[url]http://www.sqlteam.com/item.asp?ItemID=4599[/url][url]http://www.sqlteam.com/item.asp?ItemID=4619[/url] |
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