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Concatenating results?

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dmilam
Posting Yak Master

185 Posts

Posted - 2010-10-13 : 19:20:00

I have a table that has two attributes, one holding database names, the other holds tables in the respective databases. I want a result set that at least prints a series of queries combining both, like so:


SELECT TOP 1 * FROM database1.name1
SELECT TOP 1 * FROM database1.name2
SELECT TOP 1 * FROM database2.name1

so that I can copy the result and then paste, then run. How do I concatenate the result of


SELECT database FROM table + SELECT name FROM table

to yield the above? Without dynamic SQL would be nice.

tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2010-10-13 : 19:25:03

Do you mean like this:

SELECT 'SELECT ' + Column1 + ', ' + Column2 + ' FROM SomeTable'
FROM SomeOtherTable

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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2010-10-13 : 19:25:37

Maybe you could post a quick data example to make it more clear as I am sure I am missing something.

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dmilam
Posting Yak Master

185 Posts

Posted - 2010-10-14 : 12:32:56

Trying again to post...

Tara, that's nice and succinct.


SELECT 'SELECT TOP 1 * FROM ' + dbase + '.' + tbl 
FROM t..processTables

is what I am looking for. I love it when the solution is much simpler than anticipated! I also got a while loop to give me results, but only as distinct expressions.

tkizer
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Posted - 2010-10-14 : 14:20:14

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