Get Table as A variable

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Hi everyone,

I have a table with name "test" and i want to get table entity itself in a variable so i can use it in join statement

Note:
i have table name in run-time and i want to get the table itself in a variable.

Thanks in Advance :)

Posted 29-Dec-12 10:05am

AhmedYehiaK

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Wendelius 29-Dec-12 16:12pm

Could you explain more, what are you actually trying to do? Do you mean you want to dynamically construct an SQL statement or something else?

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Solution 1

This makes no sense at all. Your question is a SQL question. You can use the table in a join statement, there's no issue there. If you have an actual issue, it's not clear at all.

Posted 29-Dec-12 10:15am

Christian Graus

Solution 2

Thanks firstly :)

SQL

declare @name nvarchar(50)
set @name = (select Name from Lookups where Lookups.ID = 4)

NOW [@name = MyTableName say "Items"]

then i want to do something like:

SQL

select * from @name

OR

using @name in any join statement

Thanks

Posted 29-Dec-12 10:20am

AhmedYehiaK

Solution 4

Thanks a lot :) , this working correctly

Posted 29-Dec-12 10:25am

AhmedYehiaK

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Wendelius 29-Dec-12 16:28pm

You're welcome. You can use the "Have a Question or Comment?" button to send a comment directly to a specific solution. This way the person who wrote the solution gets notified, just like with this message :)

AhmedYehiaK 29-Dec-12 16:31pm

Thanks :) the next time i will use it :)

Wendelius 29-Dec-12 16:34pm

No problem at all :)

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Wendelius · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-29T10:23:00

Solution 3

Ok, so if I understood your question correctly, then you could use dynamic sql, something like following:

SQL

declare @name nvarchar(50)
set @name = (select Name from Lookups where Lookups.ID = 4)
execute ('select * from ' + @name)

For more information, see EXECUTE[^]

Posted 29-Dec-12 10:23am

Wendelius

Updated 29-Dec-12 10:25am

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Espen Harlinn 30-Dec-12 8:10am

5'ed!

Wendelius 4-Jan-13 15:12pm

Thank you :D