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In SQL Server, how do I create a reference variable to a table?

I'm currently using sp_executesql to execute a T-SQL statement with a dynamic table name. However, it is really ugly to see something like: 

set @sql = 'UPDATE '+Table_Name+' SET ... WHERE '+someVar+' = ... AND '+someVar2' = ...'
sp_executesql @sql

What I would rather like to have is a TABLE variable of which is a reference to a table, so I could do for example:

UPDATE TableRef SET ... WHERE ...

Because when I have really long T-SQL statements it gets really hard to read due to the format of it within a string.

Any suggestions would be helpful.

Solution

  • Why don't you pass the parameters to sp_executeSQL instead?

    I'd also have a look at this article too.