Question

I have created a procedure which will output the INSERT script for a given table name. And in the procedure I am using this code:

DECLARE @owner VARCHAR(20) ,
    @Database VARCHAR(50)

SELECT  @owner = 'dbo' ,
        @Database = 'Asmin'

 SELECT   sc.name
   FROM     sysobjects so
            INNER JOIN syscolumns sc ON so.id = sc.id
            INNER JOIN systypes st ON sc.xtype = st.xusertype
   WHERE    so.Name = 'Acisd'

But the problem I see is the procedure is in collection database and the table Acisd is in different database. So it’s returning me nothing when I execute procedure.

How to fix this?

Answer 1

To do this inside a stored procedure you need to use dynamic SQL. For example:

declare @sql nvarchar(max);
set @sql = N'SELECT   sc.name
      FROM ' + quotename(@dbanme) + N'.sys.objects so
      INNER JOIN ' + quotename(@dbname) + N'sys.columns sc ON so.id = sc.id
      INNER JOIN ' + quotename(@dbname) + N'sys.types st ON sc.xtype = st.xusertype
      WHERE so.Name = @objectName';
exec sp_executesql @sql, N'@objectName sysname', @objectName;