Changing database context with dynamic SQL

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Changing database context with dynamic SQL

Stuart Davies

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May 10, 2004 at 6:49 am

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I have a problem with changing database context with dynamic SQL.
I have table
Objects
[OdjectId] [int] IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL ,
[ObjectText] [varchar] (500) COLLATE Latin1_General_BIN NULL ,
[DbName] [varchar] (20) COLLATE Latin1_General_BIN NULL ,
[ObjectName] [varchar] (50) COLLATE Latin1_General_BIN NULL
and
sp as
declare @text varchar (500),
@db varchar (20),
@Object varchar(50),
@rows int
DECLARE spCursor CURSOR FOR
  select
  ObjectText,
  DbName,
  ObjectName
  from Objects
open spCursor
FETCH NEXT FROM spCursor into @text,@db,@Object
while @@fetch_status = 0
begin
  set @rows = (select count(*) from Cornerstone.dbo.sysobjects where name = @Object)
   if @rows = 0
   begin
    select @db
    exec ('use ' + @db )
    select * from sysobjects
    select @text
    exec (@text )
   end
  fetch next from spCursor into @text,@db,@Object
end
close spCursor
deallocate spCursor
The problem is that when the objects are created, they are created in the context of the current db not in the context of the the db from the objects table. - Is there any way I can get the objects created in the correct db ?
Thanks in advance
Stuart
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Stuart Davies SSCoach Points: 19271 More actions · Answer 1

Sorry just re-read this and it makes no sense unless I state that Field ObjectText on Objects Table contains "create table (view) name as ......." which is the definition of an object to be created in the target db - as specified in the dbName field

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Guy Haskell Ten Centuries Points: 1212 More actions · Answer 2

As far as I am aware, any context changes (current DB, SET options etc) only apply for the duration of the dynamically executed batch.

So:

use db1

exec ('use db2')

select db_name()

will return "db1", but

use db1

exec ('use db2 select db_name()')

will return "db2"

Stuart Davies SSCoach Points: 19271 More actions · Answer 3

Thanks for your help - I've now sorted it.

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