Execute statement error

• Flávio Gaspar

  Old Hand

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  March 4, 2008 at 4:17 am

  #379054

  Hi folks,

  Can anyone help me in this one??

  declare @strAux as varchar (2000),

  @RESULT AS VARCHAR(200)

  SET @strAux = 'select TOP 100 name + '','' from database1.dbo.syscolumns where id = object_id(''dabase2.DBO.table'') order by colid'

  PRINT @strAux

  SET @RESULT = EXEC(@strAux)

  ERROR:

  Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'EXEC'.

  The final intend of this query is return an string removing last , and first column name (identity column name).

  Can this be donne

  Thanks forward, for the help

• Andras Belokosztolszki

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  March 4, 2008 at 4:32 am

  #784837

  The result will be a resultset, and you cannot assign this to a variable directly. However, you can dump the result into a temporary table, and get the result out of there, like:

  CREATE TABLE #foo ( a INT )

  DECLARE @strAux AS VARCHAR(2000)

  , @RESULT AS VARCHAR(200)

  SET @strAux = 'select 1 as xx'

  PRINT @strAux

  INSERT INTO #foo

  EXEC ( @strAux )

  -- select from the table #foo

  drop table #foo

  or a table variable:

  DECLARE @Foo TABLE ( a INT )

  DECLARE @strAux AS VARCHAR(2000)

  , @RESULT AS VARCHAR(200)

  SET @strAux = 'select 1 as xx'

  PRINT @strAux

  INSERT INTO @Foo

  EXEC ( @strAux )

  -- select from the table @Foo

  Regards,

  Andras

  ---

  Andras Belokosztolszki, MCPD, PhD
  GoldenGate Software

• Johan Bijnens

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  March 4, 2008 at 4:32 am

  #784838

  your sqlstatement is returing a resultset !

  What are you trying to do ?

  Why are you using dynamic sql to fulfill this need ?

  Johan
  
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