Parameter usage in a stored procedure

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Parameter usage in a stored procedure

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istock1
Starting Member

4 Posts

Posted - 2008-01-08 : 15:10:03

All,

I have recieved alot of help here in the past few days (thanks Spirit), but I have one more questions.

I would like to know if there is a way to use a stored procedure parameter in a database name. For example, I am trying to do something like this:

CREATE PROCEDURE spTest (@dbname VARCHAR(50))
AS
SELECT *
FROM @dbname.dbo.sysindexes

But I get an "incorrect syntax near '.'" error. Can anyone help me?

Thanks!

dinub
Starting Member

3 Posts

Posted - 2008-01-09 : 00:26:18

Try this
declare @sqlstmt varchar(100)
set @sqlstmt=@dbname+'.dbo.sysindexes'
exec (@sqlstmt)

Dinu

dinub
Starting Member

3 Posts

Posted - 2008-01-09 : 00:30:22

It's better now

declare @sqlstmt varchar(100)
set @sqlstmt='select * from '+@dbname+'.dbo.sysindexes'
exec (@sqlstmt)

Dinu

madhivanan
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22864 Posts

Posted - 2008-01-09 : 02:22:14

quote:
Originally posted by istock1

All,

I have recieved alot of help here in the past few days (thanks Spirit), but I have one more questions.

I would like to know if there is a way to use a stored procedure parameter in a database name. For example, I am trying to do something like this:

CREATE PROCEDURE spTest (@dbname VARCHAR(50))
AS
SELECT *
FROM @dbname.dbo.sysindexes

But I get an "incorrect syntax near '.'" error. Can anyone help me?

Thanks!

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Madhivanan

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