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Microsoft SQL Server
Category:
SQL syntax
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00840471
Message ID:
00889650
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>>>
>>>You can build SQL statement as a local string variable and than run it using EXECUTE command or sp_executesq system sproc. For example,
DECLARE @Sql varchar(4000)
>>>SET @Sql = 'SELECT fld1 FROM [' +  @lcTableName + ']'
>>>EXECUTE (@Sql)
>>
>>How are you able to use '[' and ']' w/o getting an error?
>
>Why would I get an error? The square brackets are legitimate delimiters for SQL Server identifiers. The double quotes can also be used if SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER is set to ON. See BOL for details.

Not sure. This is what I get
select * from userfl where userid=[MFA]
Server: Msg 207, Level 16, State 3, Line 1
Invalid column name 'MFA'.
but it works when I use
select * from userfl where userid='MFA'
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