Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 01/26/07 22:57

paddy_nyr (mpprpp@yahoo.com) writes:
> I want to use an input parameter as my filename, but I get a synatax
> error message. Howerve, when I hard code the filename the proc compiles
> successfully.

Dynamic SQL is the only way out. See
http://www.sommarskog.se/dynamic_sql.html#OPENQUERY
for an example with OPENQUERY that you can use as starter.

If you've never seen dynamic SQL before, I recommend that you read the
entire article, before you start using it all over town.

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

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