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                                         nhaas 
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                                             Posted - 2012-12-22 : 23:16:46
                                            
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                                            | is this type of Procedure possible, I have tried this and nothing happens. I have verified that the data is going to the Procedure.CREATE PROCEDURE BillingUpdateVoip(@P varCHAR(50),@P1 varCHAR(15),@P2 varchar(15))ASUpdate VoipNumbers SET @P=@P1 where Voipnumber=@P2GO | 
                                             
                                         
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                                     visakh16 
                                    Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder 
                                     
                                    
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                                            Posted - 2012-12-23 : 01:45:32
                                          
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                                          this procedure doesnt make any sense. whats the use of UPDATE if you're just trying to set a value for external variable? wont below be enough?SET @P = @P1if the attempt is to set the value of field which is passed dynamically then you need dynamic sqlCREATE PROCEDURE BillingUpdateVoip(@P varCHAR(50),@P1 varCHAR(15),@P2 varchar(15))ASDECLARE @SQLString varchar(8000)SET @SQLString = 'Update VoipNumbers SET ' + @P + ' = ''' + @P1 + ''' where Voipnumber= ''' + @P2 + ''''EXEC(@SQLString)GO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/  | 
                                         
                                        
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