I have a piece of dynamic SQL I need to execute, I then need to store the result into a variable.
I know I can use sp_executesql
but can't find clear examples around about how to do this.
If you have OUTPUT parameters you can do
DECLARE @retval int
DECLARE @sSQL nvarchar(500);
DECLARE @ParmDefinition nvarchar(500);
DECLARE @tablename nvarchar(50)
SELECT @tablename = N'products'
SELECT @sSQL = N'SELECT @retvalOUT = MAX(ID) FROM ' + @tablename;
SET @ParmDefinition = N'@retvalOUT int OUTPUT';
EXEC sp_executesql @sSQL, @ParmDefinition, @retvalOUT=@retval OUTPUT;
SELECT @retval;
But if you don't, and can not modify the SP:
-- Assuming that your SP return 1 value
create table #temptable (ID int null)
insert into #temptable exec mysp 'Value1', 'Value2'
select * from #temptable
Not pretty, but works.
DECLARE @vi INT
DECLARE @vQuery NVARCHAR(1000)
SET @vQuery = N'SELECT @vi= COUNT(*) FROM <TableName>'
EXEC SP_EXECUTESQL
@Query = @vQuery
, @Params = N'@vi INT OUTPUT'
, @vi = @vi OUTPUT
SELECT @vi
DECLARE @tab AS TABLE (col1 VARCHAR(10), col2 varchar(10))
INSERT into @tab EXECUTE sp_executesql N'
SELECT 1 AS col1, 2 AS col2
UNION ALL
SELECT 1 AS col1, 2 AS col2
UNION ALL
SELECT 1 AS col1, 2 AS col2'
SELECT * FROM @tab
insert into @tab
. If you try to insert into @tab
and run multiple execute sp_executesql
, with different sql, select * from @tab
only shows the results of the first execute
Return values are generally not used to "return" a result but to return success (0) or an error number (1-65K). The above all seem to indicate that sp_executesql does not return a value, which is not correct. sp_executesql will return 0 for success and any other number for failure.
In the below, @i will return 2727
DECLARE @s NVARCHAR(500)
DECLARE @i INT;
SET @s = 'USE [Blah]; UPDATE STATISTICS [dbo].[TableName] [NonExistantStatisticsName];';
EXEC @i = sys.sp_executesql @s
SELECT @i AS 'Blah'
SSMS will show this Msg 2727, Level 11, State 1, Line 1 Cannot find index 'NonExistantStaticsName'.
If you want to return more than 1 value use this:
DECLARE @sqlstatement2 NVARCHAR(MAX);
DECLARE @retText NVARCHAR(MAX);
DECLARE @ParmDefinition NVARCHAR(MAX);
DECLARE @retIndex INT = 0;
SELECT @sqlstatement = 'SELECT @retIndexOUT=column1 @retTextOUT=column2 FROM XXX WHERE bla bla';
SET @ParmDefinition = N'@retIndexOUT INT OUTPUT, @retTextOUT NVARCHAR(MAX) OUTPUT';
exec sp_executesql @sqlstatement, @ParmDefinition, @retIndexOUT=@retIndex OUTPUT, @retTextOUT=@retText OUTPUT;
returned values are in @retIndex and @retText
Declare @variable int
Exec @variable = proc_name
DECLARE @ValueTable TABLE
(
Value VARCHAR (100)
)
SELECT @sql = N'SELECT SRS_SizeSetDetails.'+@COLUMN_NAME+' FROM SRS_SizeSetDetails WHERE FSizeID = '''+@FSizeID+''' AND SRS_SizeSetID = '''+@SRS_SizeSetID+'''';
INSERT INTO @ValueTable
EXEC sp_executesql @sql;
SET @Value='';
SET @Value = (SELECT TOP 1 Value FROM @ValueTable)
DELETE FROM @ValueTable
Here's something you can try
DECLARE @SqlStatement NVARCHAR(MAX) = ''
,@result XML
,@DatabaseName VARCHAR(100)
,@SchemaName VARCHAR(10)
,@ObjectName VARCHAR(200);
SELECT @DatabaseName = 'some database'
,@SchemaName = 'some schema'
,@ObjectName = 'some object (Table/View)'
SET @SqlStatement = '
SELECT @result = CONVERT(XML,
STUFF( ( SELECT *
FROM
(
SELECT TOP(100)
*
FROM ' + QUOTENAME(@DatabaseName) +'.'+ QUOTENAME(@SchemaName) +'.' + QUOTENAME(@ObjectName) + '
) AS A1
FOR XML PATH(''row''), ELEMENTS, ROOT(''recordset'')
), 1, 0, '''')
)
';
EXEC sp_executesql @SqlStatement,N'@result XML OUTPUT', @result = @result OUTPUT;
SELECT DISTINCT
QUOTENAME(r.value('fn:local-name(.)', 'VARCHAR(200)')) AS ColumnName
FROM @result.nodes('//recordset/*/*') AS records(r)
ORDER BY ColumnName
This was a long time ago, so not sure if this is still needed, but you could use @@ROWCOUNT variable to see how many rows were affected with the previous sql statement.
This is helpful when for example you construct a dynamic Update statement and run it with exec. @@ROWCOUNT would show how many rows were updated.
@@ROWCOUNT
will return zero if you called sp_executesql
. That variable is useful indeed, but if you are calling sp_executesql
you will need to combine the usage of @@ROWCOUNT
and the output parameter of sp_executesql
as shown in Eduardo Molteni's answer
This worked for me:
DECLARE @SQL NVARCHAR(4000)
DECLARE @tbl Table (
Id int,
Account varchar(50),
Amount int
)
-- Lots of code to Create my dynamic sql statement
insert into @tbl EXEC sp_executesql @SQL
select * from @tbl
Success story sharing
@retvalOUT=@retval OUTPUT
? Shouldn't the third parameter of thesp_executesql
be just@retval OUTPUT
?EXEC sp_executesql @sSQL, @ParmDefinition, @retval OUTPUT;