I have a piece of dynamic SQL I need to execute, I then need to store the result into a variable.
I know I can use sp_executesql but can't find clear examples around about how to do this.
I have a piece of dynamic SQL I need to execute, I then need to store the result into a variable.
I know I can use sp_executesql but can't find clear examples around about how to do this.
If you have OUTPUT parameters you can do
DECLARE @retval int
DECLARE @sSQL nvarchar(500);
DECLARE @ParmDefinition nvarchar(500);
DECLARE @tablename nvarchar(50)
SELECT @tablename = N'products'
SELECT @sSQL = N'SELECT @retvalOUT = MAX(ID) FROM ' + @tablename;
SET @ParmDefinition = N'@retvalOUT int OUTPUT';
EXEC sp_executesql @sSQL, @ParmDefinition, @retvalOUT=@retval OUTPUT;
SELECT @retval;
But if you don't, and can not modify the SP:
-- Assuming that your SP return 1 value
create table #temptable (ID int null)
insert into #temptable exec mysp 'Value1', 'Value2'
select * from #temptable
Not pretty, but works.
Here's something you can try
DECLARE @SqlStatement NVARCHAR(MAX) = ''
,@result XML
,@DatabaseName VARCHAR(100)
,@SchemaName VARCHAR(10)
,@ObjectName VARCHAR(200);
SELECT @DatabaseName = 'some database'
,@SchemaName = 'some schema'
,@ObjectName = 'some object (Table/View)'
SET @SqlStatement = '
SELECT @result = CONVERT(XML,
STUFF( ( SELECT *
FROM
(
SELECT TOP(100)
*
FROM ' + QUOTENAME(@DatabaseName) +'.'+ QUOTENAME(@SchemaName) +'.' + QUOTENAME(@ObjectName) + '
) AS A1
FOR XML PATH(''row''), ELEMENTS, ROOT(''recordset'')
), 1, 0, '''')
)
';
EXEC sp_executesql @SqlStatement,N'@result XML OUTPUT', @result = @result OUTPUT;
SELECT DISTINCT
QUOTENAME(r.value('fn:local-name(.)', 'VARCHAR(200)')) AS ColumnName
FROM @result.nodes('//recordset/*/*') AS records(r)
ORDER BY ColumnName
This worked for me:
DECLARE @SQL NVARCHAR(4000)
DECLARE @tbl Table (
Id int,
Account varchar(50),
Amount int
)
-- Lots of code to Create my dynamic sql statement
insert into @tbl EXEC sp_executesql @SQL
select * from @tbl