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peace
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

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Posted - 01/31/2013 :  01:33:42  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
declare @currency nvarchar(3)
set @currency = 'USD'

select currency from tableA

how can i name the currency column based on currency selected?

currencyUSD
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if let say set @currency = 'AUS'
currencyAUS
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

India
47129 Posts
Posted - 01/31/2013 :  01:45:15  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
you need dynamic sql for that

EXEC('select currency AS currency'+@currency + ' from tableA')

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peace
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

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Posted - 01/31/2013 :  02:11:36  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Understood.

Thanks!
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peace
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

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Posted - 01/31/2013 :  04:02:38  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
what if to add more column? I tried this but error? need to exec new one?

EXEC('select currency AS currency'+@currency +, totalIn+@currency ' from tableA')
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

India
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Posted - 01/31/2013 :  04:13:11  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
it should be
EXEC('select currency AS currency'+@currency +', totalIn AS totalIn'+@currency + ' from tableA')

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