Question

So I know how to do this for all my tables:

DECLARE @month VARCHAR(9)
DECLARE @db VARCHAR(10)
DECLARE @sql NVARCHAR(max)

SET @month = (SELECT Datename(month, Getdate()))
SET @db = 'MyDatabase'
SET @sql = 'SELECT * INTO ' + @db + '.dbo.MyTable_' + @month
           + ' FROM ' + @db + '.dbo.MyTable'

PRINT @sql

EXEC Sp_executesql @sql  

But I can’t fit several large SPs into @sql variables and even if I could apparently:

CREATE/ALTER PROCEDURE’ does not allow specifying the database name as a prefix to the object name

Is there a way to script an SP transfer without its entire text?

If so, how can I get the database name in a variable for USE [dbname]

I know with sqlmcd mode I can do something like

:setvar dbname "MyDatabase" 
USE $(dbname)

but I would need to have the dbname as a variable also like

DECLARE @db VARCHAR(10)
SET @db = (SELECT Datename(year, Getdate()))
:setvar dbname @db
USE $(dbname)

So, the goal is to archive off a bunch of SPs each Month into a database, with new db for each year without having to ever manually change the script.

Answer 1

I’m going to go out on a limb and assume you are trying to archive the source code of your stored procedures each month:

DECLARE @month VARCHAR(9)
DECLARE @db VARCHAR(128)
DECLARE @sql NVARCHAR(max)

SET @month = (SELECT Datename(month, Getdate()))
SET @db = 'AdventureWorks'
SET @sql = 'SELECT m.* INTO ' + @db + '.dbo.SPs_' + @month
           + ' FROM ' + @db + '.sys.procedures p '
           + 'INNER JOIN ' + @db + '.sys.sql_modules m ' 
           + 'ON p.object_id = m.object_id'

PRINT @sql

EXEC Sp_executesql @sql  

The definition column in the table will contain the stored procedure code.