Renaming fields with variables

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Renaming fields with variables

Henrik Litsne

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January 28, 2005 at 2:27 am

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Here is what I want to do:
DECLARE @sType1Name varchar(50)
SET @sType1Name = 'Type (' + @sWeekNumber + ')'
SELECT t1.OrganizationID, t1.OrganizationType as @sType1Name ...
This does not pass the syntax checker.
Anyone know how to get the same result, but in a way that works?
I saw that someone else has asked this question, but I could not find the posting. If you know where I can find that first posting that would be fine as well.

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Kenneth Wilhelmsson SSC-Dedicated Points: 30043 More actions · Answer 1

Could you explain a bit about why you want to do this? What kind of 'problem' will it solve for you?

/Kenneth

Henrik Litsne SSC-Addicted Points: 466 More actions · Answer 2

It involves me being allergic to doing anything with an interface . The column names in my question is displayed in a datagrid control.

I solved the problem by moving the query from a stored procedure and into the code.

If anyone has an answer I'm still interrested though. It is more fun to solve the problem in T-SQL .

Kenneth Wilhelmsson SSC-Dedicated Points: 30043 More actions · Answer 3

Agreed Transact SQL is fun.

Though the only way to do what you want there, is to resort to dynamic SQL, and I don't want to propose that as a 'solution', because many times it's not. (a solution that is)

Reasons to be reluctant or/and mindful of dynamic SQL can be found here. Do read it. http://www.sommarskog.se/dynamic_sql.html 'The Curse and Blessings of Dynamic SQL'

/Kenneth

Henrik Litsne SSC-Addicted Points: 466 More actions · Answer 4

I considered that solution, but rejected it as not elegant enough

To me, if I'm going to using such a solution, it seemed better to keep it in the code and leave my stored procedures unpolluted

Thanks anyway for your input.

/HL

Kenneth Wilhelmsson SSC-Dedicated Points: 30043 More actions · Answer 5

You're absolutely on the right track with that notion

BTW, I want people to read that link, not as an encouragment, but rather the opposite. There's waaaaaay more implications to dynamic SQL than most realize.

/Kenneth