Question

I am writing a Trans-SQL script against a MSSQL 2005 Server that intends to query file path of each database present. I am able to list out the database present in the system. But how do I run a separate query based on the results?

The following is the output from the list of databases using the command (SELECT name from sys.databases):

name
----
master
tempdb
model
msdb

Now i would like to take this database names (e.g. master, tempdb) and enter into another query namely (exec sp_helpdb <database_name>).

any ideas?

Answer 1

Not answering your question directly, but if you want to run a query for each db, you can use sp_msforeachdb.

sp_msforeachdb 'EXEC sp_helpdb [?]'

Otherwise, you’re going to need to use the results to generate your SQL.