Is it possible to use variable name to dynamically define a query in a stored procedure? EX:
@Column = 'COUNT(*)'
@Category = 'Products'
@Table = 'Items. + @Category
SELECT @Column
FROM @Table
I have a cursor which populates a variable with the name of each user table within my DB.
I'm trying to copy the tables one at a time by using a command like this:
SELECT * INTO @NewTable FROM @OrigTable
Query analyzer tells me that there's incorrect syntax near the keyword 'INTO'.
This seems fair enough to me as I assume it's trying to put the data into the variable rather than the table name which is held within the variable. Does any know how I can get around this?
Are there any alternative ways of copying the table structure (preferable without the data)?
BTW both variables are of type char(100)
How do I use table names stored in variables in stored procedures?
Code Snippetif (select count(*) from @tablename) = 0 or (select count(*) from @tablename) = 1000000
I receive the error 'must declare table variable '@tablename''
I've looked into table variables and they are not what I would require to accomplish what is needed.
After browsing through the forums I believe I need to use dynamic sql particuarly involving sp_executesql. However, I am pretty new at sql and do not really understand how to use this and receive an output parameter from it(msdn kind of confuses me too). I am tryin got receive an integer count of the records from a certain table which can change to anything depending on what the user requires.
Code Snippet
if exists(Select * from sysobjects where name = @temptablename)
drop table @temptablename
It does not like the 'drop table @temptablename' part here. This probably wouldn't be an issue if I could get temporary tables to work, however when I use temporary tables i get invalid object '#temptable'.
Heres what the stored procedure does.
I duplicate a table that is going to be modified by using 'select into temptable'
I add the records required using 'Insert into temptable(Columns) Select(Columns)f rom TableA'
then I truncate the original table that is being modified and insert the temporary table into the original.
Heres the actual SQL query that produces the temporary table error.
Code Snippet
Select * into #temptableabcd from TableA
Insert into #temptableabcd(ColumnA, ColumnB,Field_01, Field_02)
SELECT ColumnA, ColumnB, Sum(ABC_01) as 'Field_01', Sum(ABC_02) as 'Field_02',
FROM TableB
where ColumnB = 003860
Group By ColumnA, ColumnB
TRUNCATE TABLE TableA
Insert into TableA(ColumnA, ColumnB,Field_01, Field_02)
Select ColumnA, ColumnB, Sum(Field_01) as 'Field_01', Sum('Field_02) as 'Field_02',
From #temptableabcd
Group by ColumnA, ColumnB
The above coding produces
Msg 208, Level 16, State 0, Line 1
Invalid object name '#temptableabcd'.
Why does this seem to work when I use an actual table? With an actual table the SQL runs smoothly, however that creates the table names as a variable problem from above. Is there certain limitation with temporary tables in stored procedures? How would I get the temporary table to work in this case if possible?
Thanks for the help.
Hi, I am new to using SQL for anything more in depth than querying and reporting.
I am trying to create a series of SQL scripts which will be used across several customer sites so need to be easily customisable. What I want to do is have all of the table names, field names and customisable items handled by variables which will be declared and set at the beginning of the script, making them easy to find and change. The problem I am having at the moment is with creating a new table using variables for table name and field names, can anyone help?
quote:
DECLARE
@a_tmptbl varchar(15),
@a_fieldid1 varchar(15)
set @a_fieldid1 = 'newFieldid'
set @a_tmptbl = 'newTable'
create table @a_tmptbl ( @a_fieldid1 varchar(15), value float, counter INT);
insert into @a_tmptbl values ( "foobar", 21.76, 1);
select * from @a_tmptbl;
The error I am getting is:
quote:Server: Msg 170, Level 15, State 1, Line 8
Line 8: Incorrect syntax near '@a_tmptbl'.
Server: Msg 137, Level 15, State 1, Line 10
Must declare the variable '@a_tmptbl'.
Server: Msg 137, Level 15, State 1, Line 12
Must declare the variable '@a_tmptbl'.
Any advice would be gratefully accepted
i'm trying to create a stored procedure that takes 2 input parameters (taken from a querystring): a table name, and a number that needs to be checked whether it exists within that table. yes, i have different tables, one for each forum, so they will have the same structures -- i'm figuring this approach will result in faster page-load times if the tables have less in them. if everyone here tells me that having one table for all the forums will work fine, i'll just go that route, but if not, here's my procedure:
Create Procedure VerifySubjectNum
(@forum_ID VARCHAR(10), @subject_num INT)
As
If Exists
(SELECT subject_num FROM @forum_ID WHERE subject_num = @subject_num)
Return 1
Else
Return 0
when i try to create this, i get an error saying @forum_ID must be declared... why doesn't it work within the select for the EXISTS?
I would like to use variables to set the table name and some column names of a SQL Query in a stored procedure (the variable values will come from a webpage)... something like this:ALTER PROCEDURE dbo.usp_SelectWorkHours
@DayName varchar,@DayIDName varchar
AS
BEGINSELECT @DayName.InTime1, @DayName.OutTime1, @DayName.InTime2, @DayName.OutTime2 FROM @DayName
INNER JOINWorkHours ON @DayName.@DayIDName = @DayName.@DayIDName
INNER JOINEmployees ON WorkHours.WorkHoursID = Employees.WorkHoursID
END
RETURN
...is this possible?? if so how?
Thanks
I am a SSIS novice, and need help to do the following:
Every day a Table is generated by the system of format XR+present Year + present month + present day. My task is pretty simple. I am to devise a SSIS package that will import this table on to a different server.
I have defined the variable as user defined variable. I am also able to specify the variable in OLE db source editor -> Data Access Mode : Table name or view name variable. When I am click the 'Columns' feature, I get the following error
TITLE: Microsoft Visual Studio
------------------------------
Error at Data Flow Task [OLE DB Source [1]]: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_OLEDBERROR. An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80040E37.
Error at Data Flow Task [OLE DB Source [1]]: Opening a rowset for "xr+ convert(char(8),getdate(), 112)" failed. Check that the object exists in the database.
------------------------------
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Exception from HRESULT: 0xC02020E8 (Microsoft.SqlServer.DTSPipelineWrap)
------------------------------
BUTTONS:
OK
------------------------------
In short can any one tell me a correct way of using a table name as variable in
Data Access Mode : Table name or view name variable ?
One other question: can I make use of a dynamic SQL in Execute SQL Task? If yes, how do I write the query
exec( 'select * from ' + @table)
or just
select * from @table
Any suggestions will be appreciated.
Using VB5|6/ADO/MSSQL6.5. I want to get the names of tables in a query. I.e. if query is "Select Name, Title from Employee inner join job on employee.empid = job.empid" I want a way to get "Name, Title"
In VB 3 we used the VBSQL.VBX which had 2 functions for this: SQLTabCount and SQLTabName.
Thanks in advance
DP
Hi,
I have a database that have two handred tables.I want to get all the table name list.
Would you please help me if you know how to do this (query or build-in stored procedure).
Thanks
Mark
Hi,
How canI get all field names in a table using sql query? Now I am not interested in the data in this table, what I am interested in is just the schema, i.e. all field names. Thanks.
I am writing an sproc for creating a table, but I don't know how I can use parameter values as object names (for example the name of the table needs to be [@sFile1+'_'+@sLinkName+'_'+@sFile2']. It seems that I could concatenate my whole CREATE TABLE string into a single variable and use EXEC to run it, but I'd prefer to be able to do it in the context of the sProc (I read that EXEC always has the current user's permissions). What is a good technique?
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.CreateLinkTable
@sFile1 varchar(50),
@sFile2 varchar(50),
@sLinkName varchar(50)
AS
CREATE TABLE [@sFile1+'_'+@sLinkName+'_'+@sFile2]
(
[GID_ID]uniqueidentifierROWGUIDCOLNOT NULL,
['GID_'+@sFile1]uniqueidentifierNOT NULL,
['GID_'+@sFile2]uniqueidentifierNOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT ['LNK_'+@sFile1+'_'+@sLinkname+'_'+@sFile2]
FOREIGN KEY(['GID_'+@sFile2])
REFERENCES [@sFile2](GID_ID)
ON UPDATE NO ACTION
ON DELETE NO ACTION
NOT FOR REPLICATION,
CONSTRAINT ['LNK_'+@sFile2+'_'+@sLinkname+'_'+@sFile1]
FOREIGN KEY(['GID_'+@sFile1])
REFERENCES [@sFile1](GID_ID)
ON UPDATE NO ACTION
ON DELETE NO ACTION
NOT FOR REPLICATION
)
I have query which is used to dynamically insert value but not working. We are trying to get all table names and insert dynamically to all tables by looping through table names.
declare @a varchar(max),@i int;
declare @table table(rno int, name varchar(max))
declare @b varchar(max)
insert into @table
select row_number() over( order by table_name) rno, table_name from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.tables
declare @tblname varchar(max)
[Code] .....
I don't know why this is so difficult. What I want to do is take a table name as a parameter to build a query and get an integer value from the result of the query. But from all of the research I have been doing, Dynamic SQL is bad in SQL server because of SQL Injections. But my users are not going to be supplying the table names.
Things I have learned:
- SQL Functions cannot use Exec to execute query strings.
- SQL Functions can return a concatenated string that could be used by a stored procedure to Exec the query string.
So how can I write a stored procedure that will
1. take a parameter
2. Pass the parameter to a function that will return a string
3. Execute that string as SQL
4. Get a return value from that SQL statement
5. Then finally, from a View, how can I pass a parameter to the stored procedure and get the returned value from the stored procedure to be used as a field in the View?
Numbers 3, 4, and 5 are where I am really stuck. I guess I don't know the proper syntax and limitations of SQL Server.
Hi
I've tried declaring and setting variables in my sql statement and then trying to use them instead of defining a column directly - sorry quite hard to explain, i'll do a simple example
eg
DECLARE @column
DECLARE @value
SET @column = 'col1'
SET @value = 'bloggs'
Select * FROM table1 WHERE @column = @value
It keeps returning no results even though i've tried
Select * FROM table1 WHERE col1 = 'bloggs' -- which returns results
I realise its the column which is not being selected, but there must be a way by using a variable?
thanks
Here with the below query iam binding my gridview with industry name,company name,Plant Name,Group Name related to the IDs in Audit table.Select Aud.Ad_ID_PK,Aud.Audit_Name,Ind.Industry_Name,Cmp.Company_Name,Pla.Plant_Name,Gr.Groups_Name,Aud.Audit_Started_On,Aud.Audit_Scheduledto,Aud.Audit_Created_On from
Industry Ind,
Company Cmp,
Plant Pla,
Groups Gr,
Audits Audwhere Ind.Ind_Id_PK =Aud.Audit_Industry and
Cmp.Cmp_ID_PK =Aud.Audit_Company and
Pla.Pl_ID_PK =Aud.Audit_Plant and
Gr.G_ID_PK =Aud.Audit_Group and
Ad_ID_PK in (select Ad_ID_PK from Audits)
Now i want to edit these names.
when i click on edit in gridview these names will be filled into textboxes and when i change the names it should compare the name with particular tables and should get the Id of that and store in Audits table.
For example:
i have this data in my audits table:
Commercial83312
2
2
2
1
Here Commercial83312 is ID of that Audit and 2,2,2,1 are the Industry,Company,Plant and group Ids for that particular audit.In the front end i can see the names of this particular IDs.
when i edit the industry name in the UI it must check the name with industry table and get the ID of the changed name and store it in audit table.
so the data may be changed in audits table as :
Commercial83312
4
2
2
1
so here the industry ID is changed
I need the stored procedure for this.
please help me,its very urgent...
Hello, I'm quite new to T-SQL, but since I'm trying to create a statistics page on database contents (Counting savesets in Enterprise Vault saveset Databases) I prefer to do the coding in the databases.
I create temp tables for the distinct partitions in the saveset table. Then I pass 2 variables to the EXEC function, but it seems unable to pass the ['+@idpartition+']-variable as a value:
Declare @EVBase varchar(20)Declare @IdPartition INTSet @EVBase=(SELECT EVMbxName from Servers) Set @IdPartition=(SELECT TOP 1 Dist_Partitions FROM TEMP_EV1)EXEC('SELECT COUNT (IdPartition)FROM ['+@evbase+']..SAVESET SS LEFT OUTER JOIN SavesetStore SSS ON SS.SavesetIdentity = SSS.SavesetIdentityWHERE [IdPartition] = ['+@idpartition+'] AND StoreIdentifier IS NULL')
Server: Msg 207, Level 16, State 3, Line 2Invalid column name '0'.
If I change the last line to: WHERE [IdPartition] = 2 AND StoreIdentifier IS NULL')The script runs fine - but I need the value from the table. Any help will be appreciated.
Best regards, Tim
I want to update Flag column in second table based on the Adder names.
If the Applicatiion has atleast one AIX and Adder name is UDB then the flag would be True.
If the Application has more the one AIX and Adder names are diferent then the flag would be null.
APpName OS Adder
App1 ||| Windows|||Null
App1 ||| Linux |||UDB
App1 ||| AIX |||UDB
App1 ||| Linux |||Sql
App2 ||| AIX ||| UDB
App2 ||| Windows||| UDB
App2 ||| Linux ||| UDB
App2 ||| AIX ||| UDB
OUTPUT SHOULD BE LOOK LIKE BELOW
APpName OS Adder Flag
App1||| Windows|||Null|||null
App1||| Linux |||UDB |||null
App1||| AIX |||UDB |||null
App1||| Linux |||Sql |||null
App2|||AIX ||| UDB|||TRUE
App2|||Windows||| UDB|||TRUE
App2|||Linux ||| UDB|||TRUE
App2|||AIX ||| UDB|||TRUE
I thought I saw this done once before. So today I hunted around inBooks OnLine and did a Google search. So far I have found nothingclose. So if you know how to do it, please tell me or if cannot bedone, I'd appreciate know that too.Thanks in advance,IanO
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The flat files will have similar naming: C:MyPathFlatFileTableAStaging__YYYYMM and C:MyPathFlatFileTableAStaging__YYYYMM.I want to run the package as an sql job in two steps, one for each table.I need to dynamically pass the table names and file names (together with the path) to the IS package.
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I was wondering if anyone has an idea of how we could find the table names and column names of the tables in our Sql server database at runtime/dynamically given our connection string? Please let me know.
Thanks.
I'm trying to do an update query that looks like this:
UPDATE
PAEMPLOYEE
SET PAEMPLOYEE.LOCAT_CODE = EMPLOYEE.PROCESS_LEVEL
FROM
PAEMPLOYEE A
JOIN EMPLOYEE B ON A.EMPLOYEE = B.EMPLOYEE
It's erroring out on the Employee prefix B.EMPLOYEE saying:
..."does not match with a table name or alias name used in the query"
Is it wrong or will it cause problems to have a field name the same as the table name?
I am trying to get the contents of the Excel Files dynamically and dumping into the SQL Database using SSIS. Through WMI Event Watcher, I could find when one or more Excel files dumped in a particular folder and using ForEach Loop Container I was able to take all the filenames and pass it through Variables. But at the same time in the Data Flow, I have to pass each Sheet of an Excel File to the Excel Source control and export the data to my SQL Database using OLEDB Destination.
For that I need to get the names of each sheets in an Excel File and pass it to the Excel Source Control through variables. But when I give Data Access Mode as "Table name or view name variable" and provide the variable name in that, then it is giving an error message as "A destination table name has not been provided".
And at the same time, Since I was not able to provide an static Filename (as I am passing through Variables), when I tried to map the columns in the OleDB Destination, it is not allowing me to map the columns.
So all these things I should do at Run-time using Variables in SSIS. I don't want to hard-code any filenames or Sheet names. If any one of you have a solution, please share with me.
Thanks & Regards,
Prakash Srinivasan
I want to have this query insert a bunch of XML but i get this error...
Msg 128, Level 15, State 1, Procedure InsertTimeCard, Line 117
The name "ExpenseRptID" is not permitted in this context. Valid expressions are constants, constant expressions, and (in some contexts) variables. Column names are not permitted.
Msg 128, Level 15, State 1, Procedure InsertTimeCard, Line 151
The name "DateWorked" is not permitted in this context. Valid expressions are constants, constant expressions, and (in some contexts) variables. Column names are not permitted.
What am i doing wrong...Can anyone help me out!! Thanks!!
p.s I know this query looks crazy...
Code Block
IF EXISTS (SELECT NAME FROM sysobjects WHERE NAME = 'InsertTimeCard' AND type = 'P' AND uid=(Select uid from sysusers where name=current_user))
BEGIN
DROP PROCEDURE InsertTimeCard
END
go
/*********************************************************************************************************
** PROC NAME : InsertTimeCardHoursWorked
**
** AUTHOR : Demetrius Powers
**
** TODO/ISSUES
** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
**
**
** MODIFICATIONS
** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
** Name Date Comment
** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
** Powers 12/11/2007 -Initial Creation
*********************************************************************************************************/
CREATE PROCEDURE InsertTimeCard
@DateCreated DateTime,
@EmployeeID int,
@DateEntered DateTime,
@SerializedXML text,
@Result int output
as
declare @NewTimeCardID int
select @NewTimeCardID = max(TimeCardID) from OPS_TimeCards
-- proc settings
SET NOCOUNT ON
-- local variables
DECLARE @intDoc int
DECLARE @bolOpen bit
SET @bolOpen = 0
--Prepare the XML document to be loaded
EXEC sp_xml_preparedocument @intDoc OUTPUT, @SerializedXML
-- check for error
IF @@ERROR <> 0
GOTO ErrorHandler
--The document was prepared so set the boolean indicator so we know to close it if an error occurs.
SET @bolOpen = 1
--Create temp variable to store values inthe XML document
DECLARE @tempXMLTimeCardExpense TABLE
(
TimeCardExpenseID int not null identity(1,1),
TimeCardID int,
ExpenseRptID int,
ExpenseDate datetime,
ProjectID int,
ExpenseDescription nvarchar(510),
ExpenseAmount money,
ExpenseCodeID int,
AttachedRct bit,
SubmittoExpRep bit
)
DECLARE @tempXMLTimeCardWorked TABLE
(
TimeCardDetailID int not null identity(1,1),
TimeCardID int,
DateWorked DateTime,
ProjectID int,
WorkDescription nvarchar(510),
BillableHours float,
BillingRate money,
WorkCodeID int,
Location nvarchar(50)
)
-- begin trans
BEGIN TRANSACTION
insert OPS_TimeCards(NewTimeCardID, DateCreated, EmployeeID, DateEntered, Paid)
values (@NewTimeCardID, @DateCreated, @EmployeeID, @DateEntered, 0)
-- check for error
IF @@ERROR <> 0
GOTO ErrorHandler
--Now use @intDoc with XPATH style queries on the XML
INSERT @tempXMLTimeCardExpense (TimeCardID, ExpenseRptID, ExpenseDate, ProjectID, ExpenseDescription, ExpenseAmount, ExpenseCodeID, AttachedRct, SubmittoExpRep)
SELECT @NewTimeCardID, ExpenseRptID, ExpenseDate, ProjectID, ExpenseDescription, ExpenseAmount, ExpenseCodeID, AttachedRct, SubmittoExpRep
FROM OPENXML(@intDoc, '/ArrayOfTimeCardExpense/TimeCardExpense', 2)
WITH ( ExpenseRptID int 'ExpenseRptID',
ExpenseDate datetime 'ExpenseDate',
ProjectID int 'ProjectID',
ExpenseDescription nvarchar(510) 'ExpenseDescription',
ExpenseAmount money 'ExpenseAmount',
ExpenseCodeID int 'ExpenseCodeID',
AttachedRct bit 'AttachedRct',
SubmittoExpRep bit 'SubmittoExpRep')
-- check for error
IF @@ERROR <> 0
GOTO ErrorHandler
-- remove XML doc from memory
EXEC sp_xml_removedocument @intDoc
SET @bolOpen = 0
INSERT OPS_TimeCardExpenses(TimeCardID, ExpenseRptID, ExpenseDate, ProjectID, ExpenseDescription, ExpenseAmount, ExpenseCodeID, AttachedRct, SubmittoExpRep)
Values(@NewTimeCardID, ExpenseRptID, ExpenseDate, ProjectID, ExpenseDescription, ExpenseAmount, ExpenseCodeID, AttachedRct, SubmittoExpRep)
select @NewTimeCardID, ExpenseRptID, ExpenseDate, ProjectID, ExpenseDescription, ExpenseAmount, ExpenseCodeID, AttachedRct, SubmittoExpRep
from @tempXMLTimeCardExpense
-- check for error
IF @@ERROR <> 0
GOTO ErrorHandler
-- For time worked...
INSERT @tempXMLTimeCardWorked(TimeCardID, DateWorked, ProjectID, WorkDescription, BillableHours, BillingRate, WorkCodeID, Location)
SELECT @NewTimeCardID, DateWorked, ProjectID, WorkDescription, BilliableHours, BillingRate, WorkCodeID, Location
FROM OPENXML(@intDoc, '/ArrayOfTimeCardWorked/TimeCardWorked', 2)
WITH ( DateWorked DateTime 'DateWorked',
ProjectID datetime 'ProjectID',
WorkDescription nvarchar(max) 'WorkDescription',
BilliableHours float 'BilliableHours',
BillingRate money 'BillingRate',
WorkCodeID int 'WorkCodeID',
Location nvarchar(50)'Location')
-- check for error
IF @@ERROR <> 0
GOTO ErrorHandler
-- remove XML doc from memory
EXEC sp_xml_removedocument @intDoc
SET @bolOpen = 0
INSERT OPS_TimeCardHours(TimeCardID, DateWorked, ProjectID, WorkDescription, BillableHours, BillingRate, WorkCodeID, Location)
Values(@NewTimeCardID,DateWorked, ProjectID, WorkDescription, BillableHours, BillingRate, WorkCodeID, Location)
select @NewTimeCardID ,DateWorked, ProjectID, WorkDescription, BillableHours, BillingRate, WorkCodeID, Location
from @tempXMLTimeCardWorked
-- commit transaction, and exit
COMMIT TRANSACTION
set @Result = @NewTimeCardID
RETURN 0
-- Error Handler
ErrorHandler:
-- see if transaction is open
IF @@TRANCOUNT > 0
BEGIN
-- rollback tran
ROLLBACK TRANSACTION
END
-- set failure values
SET @Result = -1
RETURN -1
go
Hello,
Maybe anyone have done that before?
I have table where i store SOURCE_TABLE_NAME and DESTINATION_TABLE_NAME, there is about 120+ tables.
i need make SSIS package which selects SOURCE_TABLE_NAME from source ole db, and loads it to DESTINATION_TABLE_NAME in destination ole db.
I made such SSIS package. set ole db source data access mode to table or view name variable.
set ole db destination data access mode to table or view name variable. set to variables defoult values (names of existing tables)
but when i loop table names is changed, it reports error, that can map columns, becouse in new tables is different columns.
how to solve that problem?
I have a function that returns a table from a comma-delimited string.
I want to take this a step further and create a function that will return a set of tablenames in a table based on a 'group' parameter which is a simple integer...1->9, etc.Obviously, what I am doing is not working out.
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.fnReturnTablesForGroup
(
@whichgroup int
)
RETURNS @RETTAB TABLE (
TABLENAME VARCHAR(50)
[code]....
Hello,
It is possible to write stored procedures which take table names as parameters; is it also possible to do this with table valued functions?
For example, a simple stored procedure is this:
CREATE PROCEDURE SelectTop(@tableName sysname)
AS
BEGIN
Execute('Select top 10 * from ' + @tableName + ';')
END
I want to be able to do the analogous thing with a table valued function (so that I can query the result set, without having to create a temp table). How should I do this (i.e., pass a tablename as an argument to a table valued function)?
I am trying to update one table when records are inserted in another table.
I have added the following trigger to the table “ProdTr” and every time a record is added I want to update the field “Qty3” in the table “ActInf” with a value from the inserted record.
My problem appears to be that I am unable to fill the variables with values, and I cannot understand why it isn’t working, my code is:
ALTER trigger [dbo].[antall_liter] on [dbo].[ProdTr]
for insert
as
begin
declare @liter as decimal(28,6)
[Code] ....
I have 2 requests for desperate Hélio..
1) is there any way to run a query over a query without having to create a table with the results of the first query? (would drop table work? If so, how?
2) how can i define input variables the same way i do in excel? I am trying to run a couple of simulations based on 2 core inputs (in excel i would just do a data table)
Hi there. I haven't been able to figure out how to join a table on column on multiple table names. Here's the situation:
I have a table "tblJob" with a key of jobID. Now for every jobID, the program creates a new table that keeps track of the stock before the jobId was processed and after it was processed to give accurate stock levels and show the difference in stock levels. So, a jobID of 355 would be related to the table: "tblPreStock_335" and "tblPostStock_335". These 2 tables have all the materials in stock and the quantity. Therefore they show how much material was used. I need to figure out the difference in the material in the stock before and after the processing.
That means that I have to get a stockID, get the associated pre and post tables, and then display the difference of ALL the materials in the pre and post tables.
Could someone help me get started on the right path? Even a link to similiar problem that I haven't found would be nice.
Thx
hi i have one field in employee table
where the field name is employeename
where firstname + ' ' + lastname is stored in that field
how can i break them in 2 pieces so that i can store in 2 different fields and some reacords has got
firstname+ ' ' + middlename+ ' '+ lastname and i want to store them in temp tables how can i do that.
Oracle provides for a table to have an alias name.
Does SQL Server 7 support alias names for tables?
Thanks!!
I like to print the table names that starts with 'table'.
I'm getting the same table name four times. Instead of four different table name.
create table table1(tableID int, tableName varchar (30))
insert table1
select 1, 'tableSam' union all
select 2, 'tableDaniel' union all
select 3, 'tableRon' union all
select 4, 'tableKen' union all
select 5, 'tableHonda'
create table table2(tableID int, tableName varchar (30))
insert table2
select 6, 'tableSam' union all
select 7, 'tableDaniel' union all
select 8, 'tableRon' union all
select 9, 'tableKen' union all
select 10, 'tableHonda'
create table table3(tableID int, tableName varchar (30))
insert table3
select 11, 'tableSam' union all
select 12, 'tableDaniel' union all
select 13, 'tableRon' union all
select 14, 'tableKen' union all
select 15, 'tableHonda'
create table table4 (tableID int, tableName varchar (30))
insert table4
select 16, 'tableSam' union all
select 17, 'tableDaniel' union all
select 18, 'tableRon' union all
select 19, 'tableKen' union all
select 10, 'tableHonda'
declare @string varchar(330)
declare @tableName varchar(30)
declare @count int
set @count = 0
while (@count < 5)
begin
select @tableName = table_name from information_schema.tables
where table_name like 'table%'
exec(@string)
print @tablename
set @count = @count + 1
end