>Look at sp_executesql in TSQL. It has limits and can be a pain, but sometimes it is pretty handy.

Ahh. I read about it now in BOL.
So something like this should work then:

-- passed param: @ColumnName2Get
DECLARE @SQLString NVARCHAR(500)

SET @SQLString = N'SELECT ' + @ColumnName2Get + CHAR(13)
SET @SQLString = @SQLString + 'WHERE condition_here'

EXEC sp_executesql @SQLString

Will rewrite and try it now. Thx.