/>I'm trying to make stored procedures use parameters for limit and
tables, I
>guess this is either me using the wrong datatype or it's not
possible. I'm
>having the same issue with seting the table for the query:
/
SET @sql = CONCAT( 'select * from some_table limit ', some_limit );
PREPARE stmt FROM @sql
etc.
PB
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Devananda wrote:
> Jon wrote:
>> Hi list
>>
>> I'm trying to make stored procedures use parameters for limit and
>> tables, I
>> guess this is either me using the wrong datatype or it's not
>> possible. I'm
>> having the same issue with seting the table for the query:
>>
>> CREATE PROCEDURE sp_test1 (IN some_limit int)
>> select * from some_table limit some_limit;
>>
>> and
>> CREATE PROCEDURE sp_test2 (IN some_table table)
>> select * from some_table;
>>
>>
>> Both fail with "ERROR 1064 (42000)".
>>
>> Can someone please shed some light on this for me? Is this a problem
>> with
>> procedures not being able to do this or is it wrong datatypes or
>> something
>> completely different?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>> Jon
>>
>
> It sounds like what you need is dynamic SQL in your stored procedures.
> Check out http://forge.mysql.com/snippets/view.php?id=13 for some good
> examples, more complex than what you're asking about, but they should
> shed light on what you need to do.
>
>
> Regards,
> Devananda
>
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