Question

I have a T-SQL stored procedure with the following parameters

CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[SaveData]
-- Add the parameters for the stored procedure here
    @UserID varchar(50),
    @ServiceID varchar(50),
    @param1 varchar(50),
    @param2 varchar(50),
    @endDate datetime
AS BEGIN
    . 
    .
    -- my code --

I want know if it is possible to pass a result of select as parameter:

    exec SaveDate (SELECT player.UserID,player.ServiceID, 'no','no',GETDATE()
           FROM player)

I tried something like this, but it does not work.

Answer 1

The SELECT query you wrote in your example would probably bring back multiple rows (your SELECT does not feature a WHERE clause or a TOP(n)). If your intention is to be able to have your procedure engage a “tabular” set of parameters, from SQL Server 2008, you are able to use table valued parameters.

This involves creating a user defined table table and will almost undoubtedly mean adjusting the logic inside the stored procedure.

Hope this helps 🙂

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb510489(SQL.100).aspx
for more information.