January 19, 2011 at 5:14 am
Okay this should be possible; if the injection is working correctly. What I am trying to do, is have a sqlcmd variable inject its value into another sqlcmd variable. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong ?
(Hint copy into SSMS, and select Query -> SQLCMD mode to run this)
:SETVAR DB_NAME_ASSIGN "TEST TEXT"
:SETVAR DB_NAME_TEXT "EXPECT INSERT OF DB_NAME_ASSIGN HERE: $(DB_NAME_ASSIGN)"
/*Get output*/
SELECT '$(DB_NAME_TEXT)' AS OUTPUT
SELECT '$(DB_NAME_ASSIGN)' AS OUTPUT
/*Expect DB_NAME_TEXT OUTPUT to be:*/
/* DB_NAME_TEXT "EXPECT INSERT OF DB_NAME_ASSIGN HERE: TEST TEXT*/
/*Unfortunatly I get : EXPECT INSERT OF DB_NAME_ASSIGN HERE: $(DB_NAME_ASSIGN)*/
Any ideas what I can do to get this to work (as I kind of need nested variable injection - nothing in BOL saying its not supported, possibly a bug)?
[SQL 2008 SP1 Dev Edition]
January 24, 2011 at 11:55 am
I spent a few minutes looking around and experimenting and I did not see a way to do it. I don't know everything you're trying to do, however while it may not be your preference this technique might work for you:
:SETVAR DB_NAME_ASSIGN "TEST TEXT"
:SETVAR DB_NAME_TEXT "EXPECT INSERT OF DB_NAME_ASSIGN HERE: "
/*Get output*/
SELECT '$(DB_NAME_TEXT)' + '$(DB_NAME_ASSIGN)' AS OUTPUT
/* Delivers:
EXPECT INSERT OF DB_NAME_ASSIGN HERE: TEST TEXT
*/
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January 25, 2011 at 3:25 am
Yes, had to take the approach of breaking it down into further variables, then concatting the results together.
Seems like it would be a nice thing to have the ability to inject sqlcmd var values into another one.
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