Dynamic database name

  • Quick question - do you know of any other way without using Exec(@SQLText)

    basically I'm trying to setup a DEV / UAT and Live environment on SQL server 2005 where each environment has 5 distinct databases so I want

    Development on DEV to transfer to the LIVE db structure without any coding changes (using SQL Compare V8)

    Select*

    FromDEV_Data.dbo.Data_Customer join

    DEV_Process.dbo.Customer_Extract on

    Cust_PK=Cust_FK

    Select*

    FromLive_Data.dbo.Data_Customer join

    Live_Process.dbo.Customer_Extract on

    Cust_PK=Cust_FK

    I thought about setting up synonyms but they seem to need to be table specific and it would take too long to set up all the tables

    Any help would be appreciated

  • David Burrows (8/9/2006)


    EXECUTE('select*from['+@dbname+'].dbo.sysfiles')
    to stop sql injection attack

    Did you try QUOTENAME 😉

    DECLARE @dbname NVARCHAR(256)

    SELECT @dbname = 'tempdb]; DROP DATABASE master'

    PRINT ('select * from [' + @dbname + '].dbo.sysfiles')

    PRINT ('select * from ' + QUOTENAME(@dbname) + '.dbo.sysfiles')

    Greets

    Flo

  • Did you try QUOTENAME

    Nah, wanted to save the extra cpu cycles 😉

    Besides, obviates the annoying question of what is QUOTENAME 😀

    Far away is close at hand in the images of elsewhere.
    Anon.

  • Another way to go would be creating system procedure in master database.

    Then you just call that procedure from any of databases and get results relevant to that particular database.

    Here is an example:

    USE MASTER

    GO

    IF Object_ID('dbo.SP_GeneralQuery') IS NOT NULL

    DROP PROCEDURE dbo.SP_GeneralQuery

    GO

    --Makes all objects created after this as system ones

    EXEC master.dbo.sp_MS_upd_sysobj_category 1

    GO

    CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.SP_GeneralQuery

    AS

    select * from dbo.sysfiles

    GO

    EXEC master.dbo.sp_MS_upd_sysobj_category 2

    GO

    USE msdb

    GO

    exec dbo.SP_GeneralQuery

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    Code for TallyGenerator

  • Actually, there's not necessarily any danger of an Injection exploit yet. It all depends where @dbname cam from and whose authority is being used to execute the EXECUTE command.

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  • QUOTENAME is probably safe (Microsoft recommends it but AFAIK has never affirmed that it is 100% safe), but "

    PRINT ('select * from [' + @dbname + '].dbo.sysfiles')

    Definitely is not. Try passing "master]; ..."

    If you truly want to be safe, this is what I would do:

    CREATE proc spWhatever( @DBName as NVARCHAR(256) ) AS

    Declare @sql as NVarchar(MAX)

    Set @sql = ''

    SELECT @sql = 'Select * From ' + [name] + '.dbo.sysfiles'

    From sys.databases

    Where [name] = @DBName

    PRINT (@sql)

    EXEC (@sql)

    Now that's safe.

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    Proactive Performance Solutions, Inc.
    [/font]
    [font="Verdana"] "Performance is our middle name."[/font]

  • Again, it's still not established that there is any SQL Injection attack possibility here. If the EXECUTE is not being given an enhanced security context (or relying on an Application Logon or Certificate), then it doesn't matter. You can't exploit yourself.

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    Proactive Performance Solutions, Inc.
    [/font]
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  • Here is a very good documentation about SQL injections

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms161953.aspx

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