Thank you, Rick. I will follow your suggestion.
>Hi Dmitry,
>
>Use dynamic SQL, something like this:
>
>use [FirstSQLDatabase];
>go
>declare @cSecondDb as Varchar(100);
>declare @sql as varchar(max);
>set @cSecondDb = 'SecondSQLDatabase';
>set @sql = 'select * from ' + @cSecondDb + '.dbo.mytable';
>exec (@sql);
>
>
>and replace dbo with the appropriate schema name if it's not dbo.
>
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I am testing the SQL Select with a name of the database not current.
>>This case works:
>>
>>use [FirstSQLDatabase]
>>go
>>select * from SecondSQLDatabase..mytable where 1=1
>>
>>
>>Now I want to put the 'SecondSQLDatabase' into a variable. Here is how I do it:
>>
>>use [FirstSQLDatabase]
>>go
>>declare @cSecondDb as Varchar(100)
>>set @cSecondDb = 'SecondSQLDatabase'
>>select * from @cSecondDb..mytable where 1=1
>>
>>
>>The above produces syntax error.
>>
>>What am I missing?
>>TIA
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