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pass db name as variable

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rudba
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

415 Posts

Posted - 2010-10-13 : 15:40:08

I tried to pass database name by declared variable, getting the invalid object name error.

Anybody know how to pass db name as varibale

DECLARE @DbName varchar(50)
SET @DbName='MyDbName'
Print @DbName
select * from [@Dbname].dbo.tblName

Michael Valentine Jones
Yak DBA Kernel (pronounced Colonel)

7020 Posts

Posted - 2010-10-13 : 15:42:18

Use dynamic SQL.

CODO ERGO SUM

rudba
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

415 Posts

Posted - 2010-10-13 : 15:45:04

i get dynamic value on @DbName, i used the CURSOR so it always get dynamic value.

visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2010-10-17 : 03:11:14

exec ('select * from '+[@Dbname]+'.dbo.tblName')

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