Using variables when creating a database

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Using variables when creating a database

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katehollington
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5 Posts

Posted - 2007-05-03 : 15:34:12

I am trying to create a database using variables, so that the variables can be passed in when the script is run. But when I run the code below I keep on getting an error - any clues what I have done wrong? I’ve not used variables before, so sorry if it is obvious.

(NB The script was creating using the auto-create functions within SQL server)


DECLARE @database    varchar(30)    

SET @database    = 'TESTdb'


USE [master]
GO

CREATE DATABASE [@database] ON  PRIMARY
( NAME = N''+@database+'_dat', FILENAME = N'D:\Data\'+@database+'.mdf' , SIZE = 1932672KB , MAXSIZE = UNLIMITED, FILEGROWTH = 20%)
LOG ON
( NAME = N''+@database+'_log', FILENAME = N'L:\LOGS\'+@database+'_log.LDF' , SIZE = 8653056KB , MAXSIZE = UNLIMITED, FILEGROWTH = 20%)
 COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AS
GO
EXEC dbo.sp_dbcmptlevel @dbname=N@database, @new_cmptlevel=90
GO
IF (1 = FULLTEXTSERVICEPROPERTY('IsFullTextInstalled'))
begin
EXEC [@database].[dbo].[sp_fulltext_database] @action = 'disable'
end
GO
ALTER DATABASE [@database] SET ANSI_NULL_DEFAULT OFF
GO
ALTER DATABASE [@database] SET ANSI_NULLS OFF
GO
ALTER DATABASE [@database] SET ANSI_PADDING OFF
GO
ALTER DATABASE [@database] SET ANSI_WARNINGS OFF
GO
ALTER DATABASE [@database] SET ARITHABORT OFF
GO
ALTER DATABASE [@database] SET AUTO_CLOSE OFF
GO
ALTER DATABASE [@database] SET AUTO_CREATE_STATISTICS ON
GO
ALTER DATABASE [@database] SET AUTO_SHRINK OFF
GO
ALTER DATABASE [@database] SET AUTO_UPDATE_STATISTICS ON
GO
ALTER DATABASE [@database] SET CURSOR_CLOSE_ON_COMMIT OFF
GO
ALTER DATABASE [@database] SET CURSOR_DEFAULT  GLOBAL
GO
ALTER DATABASE [@database] SET CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL OFF
GO
ALTER DATABASE [@database] SET NUMERIC_ROUNDABORT OFF
GO
ALTER DATABASE [@database] SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF
GO
ALTER DATABASE [@database] SET RECURSIVE_TRIGGERS OFF
GO
ALTER DATABASE [@database] SET  DISABLE_BROKER
GO
ALTER DATABASE [@database] SET AUTO_UPDATE_STATISTICS_ASYNC OFF
GO
ALTER DATABASE [@database] SET DATE_CORRELATION_OPTIMIZATION OFF
GO
ALTER DATABASE [@database] SET TRUSTWORTHY OFF
GO
ALTER DATABASE [@database] SET ALLOW_SNAPSHOT_ISOLATION OFF
GO
ALTER DATABASE [@database] SET PARAMETERIZATION SIMPLE
GO
ALTER DATABASE [@database] SET  READ_WRITE
GO
ALTER DATABASE [@database] SET RECOVERY FULL
GO
ALTER DATABASE [@database] SET  MULTI_USER
GO
ALTER DATABASE [@database] SET PAGE_VERIFY TORN_PAGE_DETECTION  
GO
ALTER DATABASE [@database] SET DB_CHAINING OFF

spirit1
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11752 Posts

Posted - 2007-05-03 : 15:47:39

it doesn't work that way

you can't use variables for this.

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katehollington
Starting Member

5 Posts

Posted - 2007-05-03 : 18:42:25

Yep, have found out I need to use
Exec('Create Database ' + @database)
Thanks

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