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 Posted - 2001-05-28 : 09:42:09
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Michael writes "I am trying to pass in a MMYY date (e.g. 1201) as a parameter
when I create a stored procedure, use that date to build
a table name, and create and access the new table. However,
I am getting an error when trying to use the variable that
holds the table name (for example 'Incorrect syntax near @DateTable' is generated from the line DROP TABLE @DateTable).
Does anyone know how to reference a table using a variable?
SQL Code:
IF EXISTS (SELECT name FROM sysobjects
WHERE name = 'TestDateInput' AND type = 'P')
DROP PROCEDURE TestDateInput
GO
-- Create a new procedure
CREATE PROCEDURE TestDateInput @DateIn char(4)
AS
DECLARE @DateTable char(12)
SET @DateTable = 'TestDate'+@DateIn
-- Create a table using DateTable variable
IF EXISTS (SELECT name FROM sysobjects
WHERE name = @DateTable AND type = 'U')
DROP TABLE @DateTable
-- Create a new Date table
CREATE TABLE @DateTable (
FIELDA char(3) NULL,
FIELDB money DEFAULT 0
);
-- Insert a record
INSERT @DateTable
VALUES('AAA',100)
-- Do a SELECT
SELECT *
FROM @DateTable
GO" |
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Accessing a Table Name as a Variable