• ScottPletcher (9/29/2016)


    Sample dynamic SQL:

    DECLARE @MySprocParam VARCHAR(50) = 'TestAlias'

    EXEC('SELECT ''ASDF'' AS [' + @MySprocParam + ']')

    This works until you have a [ or ] or some other funky characters in your string. This is easy enough to overcome using quotename. It does require another variable though because you can't have a function call inside a function call.

    DECLARE @MySprocParam VARCHAR(50) = '[TestAlias]'

    declare @sql nvarchar(Max) = 'SELECT ''ASDF'' AS ' + quotename(@MySprocParam)

    EXEC(@sql)

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