Question

Executing dynamic SQL as follows in Stored Procedure:

DECLARE @sqlCommand nvarchar(1000)
DECLARE @city varchar(75)
SET @city = 'London'
SET @sqlCommand = 'SELECT COUNT(*) FROM customers WHERE City = @city'
EXECUTE sp_executesql @sqlCommand, N'@city nvarchar(75)', @city = @city

How do I use the count(*) column value as return value in the SP?

Answer 1

DECLARE @sqlCommand NVARCHAR(1000)
DECLARE @count INT
DECLARE @city VARCHAR(75)
SET @city = 'New York'

SET @sqlCommand = 'SELECT @cnt=COUNT(*) FROM customers WHERE City = @city'
EXECUTE sp_executesql @sqlCommand, N'@city nvarchar(75), @cnt int OUTPUT', @city = @city, @cnt = @count OUTPUT

SELECT @count