Creating a stored procedure in another database

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Creating a stored procedure in another database

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issam
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30 Posts

Posted - 2008-02-27 : 04:56:03

From within a stored procedure in an existing database I'm creating a new database from the scratch.

In the query window if I write the statement:
CREATE DATABASE [tomasdb]

USE [tomasdb]
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE TEST1
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @something varchar(12)
set @something = '123'
END

everything works ok and the database is created and the stored procedure Test1 is created within it.
However, if I want to do the same from another stored procedure (in another database), i.e. I write

EXEC('
CREATE DATABASE [tomasdb]
USE [tomasdb]
CREATE PROCEDURE TEST1
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @something varchar(12)
set @something = ''123''
END
')

the problem I get is that I'm not allowed to put USE to change the execution context into [tomasdb] before the CREATE PROCEDURE statement.
My question is: how can I change the context in this situation / or / can I create the stored procedure in the [tomasdb] database somehow from outside (another context).

Thanks,
Tomas

visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2008-02-27 : 05:02:54

I dont think you can change context of db by executing USE statement from within a db using EXEC