Question

How do I create/declare variables with a counter in the name on a MS SQL Server?
I have a “for-like” loop with CURSOR and

WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0

BUT: the number of those values is changing continuously. So i want to write every value in an own variable. My goal is to get var-names like : @var1, next loop @var2, next @var3 etc.
Well

SET @counter = (@counter + 1)

is not THAT difficult, but how do I add the value(!) of @counter to the name(!) of @var?

THX a LOT!

Answer 1

I think you should create a temp table to store these variables. For example:

DECLARE @ValTable TABLE
(
  ID int,
  Val int, -- or any type you need
)

Now insert a new value:

SET @counter = (@counter + 1);
INSERT INTO @ValTable VALUES (@counter, <VALUE>);

To get this value [i] use simple select:

SELECT Val FROM @ValTable where ID=<Number of value here>;