Is there a way to do something like this without converting the sql to a string and calling exec
DECLARE @source_database varvhar(200)
SELECT @source_database = 'wibble'
SELECT * FROM SELECT @source_database.dbo.mytable
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No. I’m afraid not.
It is necessary to use dynamic sql in order to use a variable for either a database or column name.