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gidsy
Starting Member

1 Post

Posted - 2012-06-24 : 19:39:51

Hi,

Is there a way of having a variable as a column heading...e.g.

set @week = 'Week 1'

select 'x' as @week
from etc

Result:

Week 1
x

Thanks

jimf
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2875 Posts

Posted - 2012-06-24 : 19:45:36

Not without using Dynamic SQL. Try to avoid dynamic sql when possible.

declare @sql varchar(1000) -- or whatever length is appropriate

SET @sql = ' SELECT ''x'' as '+@week +
' from etc '

EXEC(@sql)

Jim

Everyday I learn something that somebody else already knew

madhivanan
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22864 Posts

Posted - 2012-06-26 : 05:26:37

Are you generating Dynamic PIVOT?

Madhivanan

Failing to plan is Planning to fail

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