Assign the variable based on the input

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yuvipoy

Posted Tuesday, January 29, 2013 11:34 PM

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hi,
I am having a requirement like this
say if two table name is the input
i will take 2 tables and need to create a view
there may be common columns in the table ,so i need to assign the table name as "Table_1 as a"
"Table_2 as b"

i want to assign the alias name to the table.
there may be 5 tables or even 10 tables so accordingly i need to assign the variable

Thanks!

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opc.three

Posted Thursday, January 31, 2013 5:59 AM

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yuvipoy (1/29/2013)

It sounds like you are trying to create a new VIEW on-the-fly using table names that are passed in by an application. Can you clarify the requirement, maybe show an example?

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Sean Lange

Posted Thursday, January 31, 2013 9:06 AM

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The dynamic naming is quite simple for something like this. The challenge is in how to join the tables. It can be done if you have foreign keys setup but let's face it that is not always the case. This is not generally a good idea due to the complexities you are going to face here. This has the sound of a user defined search type of thing?

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