Question

I’m trying to do this

declare @aspAccountName varchar(30);
SET @aspAccountName=HOST_NAME() + '\ASPNET';

IF  NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.server_principals WHERE name = @aspAccountName)
    CREATE LOGIN (SELECT @aspAccountName) FROM WINDOWS WITH DEFAULT_DATABASE=[master]

But it says ‘Incorrect syntax near ‘@aspAccountName’ – any ideas ?

Thanks

Answer 1

You’d have to write the CREATE LOGIN portion as dynamic SQL.

DECLARE @sql nvarchar(200)

SET @sql = N'CREATE LOGIN ' + @aspAccountName + N' FROM WINDOWS WITH DEFAULT_DATABASE=[master]'

EXEC sp_executesql @sql