Question

In my stored procedure I have to pass a table and column name which may change everytime. So I build command and execute it. I want the output in another variable @curr_id. This store procedure will be called by second stored procedure by using @curr_id as input.

My problem is populating the @curr_id vriable. It is returned as zero. If I remove the
curr_id variable then it works(see commented line)

Can someone pl. tell me
– how to get @curr_id populated and returned as OUTPUT?
– how to call the first stored proc from a second stored proc?

ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[sp_astm_getcurrid]
@ColName as nvarchar(250),
@TblName as nvarchar(250),
@curr_id nvarchar(max) OUTPUT 
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @cmd nvarchar(max)

SET @cmd =N'SET '+@curr_id+'= SELECT MAX('+@ColName+') FROM '+@TblName;
--SET @cmd =N'SELECT MAX('+@ColName+') FROM '+@TblName;

EXEC (@cmd)

END

Answer 1

Friend Function execSP(ByVal spName As String, Optional ByVal params As Collection = Nothing) As Integer
        Dim cmd As SqlCommand
        Dim param As SqlParameter
        Dim ret As Integer
        Dim iParam As Integer

        cmd = New SqlCommand
        cmd.CommandText = spName
        cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
        cmd.Connection = _sqlConn
        cmd.CommandTimeout = 0

        If Not params Is Nothing Then
            For iParam = 1 To params.Count
                param = params(iParam)
                cmd.Parameters.Add(param)
            Next
        End If

        If _sqlConn.State <> ConnectionState.Open Then
            _sqlConn.Open()
        End If

        Try
            ret = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
        Catch ex As Exception
            Throw New Exception(ex.Message)
        Finally
            _sqlConn.Close()
        End Try
        Return ret
    End Function