Question

When you need Dynamic WHERE Clause I can use;

CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[sp_sel_Articles]
      @articleId            INT              = NULL
    , @title            NVARCHAR(250)    = NULL
    , @accessLevelId    INT              = NULL
AS
BEGIN
     SELECT *
     FROM table_Articles Art
     WHERE
          (Art.ArticleId = @articleId OR @articleId IS NULL)
          AND (Art.Title LIKE '%' + @title + '%' OR @title IS NULL)
          AND (Art.AccessLevelId = @accessLevelId OR @accessLevelId IS NULL)
END

So, I am able to invoke this procedure -for example- ONLY by ArticleId

EXEC [sp_sel_Articles] @articleId = 3

But, sometimes I’ll need to invoke by AccessLevelId and sometimes NOT by an EXACT VALUE. For example, I’ll need MORE THAN the given accesslevelId or LESS THAN.

Current procedure can ONLY handle the EXACT value by using

Art.AccessLevelId = @accessLevelId

Could also be possible to give the CONDITION type as well as the value into the procedure? It may seem very odd in this example but please just bear with me:

CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[sp_sel_Articles]
          @articleId            INT              = NULL
        , @title            NVARCHAR(250)    = NULL
        , @accessLevelId    INT              = NULL
        , **@accessLevelIdCondition**
    AS
    BEGIN
         SELECT *
         FROM table_Articles Art
         WHERE
              (Art.ArticleId = @articleId OR @articleId IS NULL)
              AND (Art.Title LIKE '%' + @title + '%' OR @title IS NULL)
              AND (Art.AccessLevelId **@accessLevelIdCondition** @accessLevelId OR @accessLevelId IS NULL)
    END

Perhaps an Function can be used, I don’t know. Since, there will be at least 20 Procedure that will require this flexibility, I’ll need a better, more global solution as much as possible rather than writing IF ELSE condition in every procedure.

Thanks in advance,

Answer 1

Read this http://www.sommarskog.se/dynamic_sql.html before applying

  CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[sp_sel_Articles] 
              @articleId            INT              = NULL 
            , @title            NVARCHAR(250)    = NULL 
            , @accessLevelId    INT              = NULL 
            , @accessLevelIdCondition varchar(100)
        AS 
        BEGIN 
                DECLARE @SQL varchar(8000)
    SET @SQL='
         SELECT * 
         FROM table_Articles Art 
         WHERE 
              (Art.ArticleId = '+cast(@articleId as varchar(100))+' OR '+cast(@articleId as varchar(100))+'IS NULL) 
              AND (Art.Title LIKE ''%'' + @title + ''%'' OR @title IS NULL) 
              AND (Art.AccessLevelId '+@accessLevelIdCondition+ cast(@accessLevelId as varchar(100))+' OR '+cast(@accessLevelId as varchar(100))+' IS NULL) '
    EXEC(@sql)
        END