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SQL: Select dynamic column name based on variable
I have the following simple select statement:
DECLARE @value varchar(10)
SET @value = 'intStep'
SELECT @value FROM dbo.tblBatchDetail
I have tried
SELECT CAST(@value AS varchar(10)) FROM dbo.tblBatchDetail
and all I get a list of intstep
QUESTION: can I pass variable as column name to this statement? Or what is the best way of doing this
I'm using SQL Server 2008 (9.0 RTM)
This will be a stored procedure
Thanks in advance
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You can't use variable names to bind columns or other system objects, you need dynamic sql
DECLARE @value varchar(10)
SET @value = 'intStep'
DECLARE @sqlText nvarchar(1000);
SET @sqlText = N'SELECT ' + @value + ' FROM dbo.tblBatchDetail'
Exec (@sqlText)
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