error with calling stored proc with exec

Ok, I previously had a thread about "Column name as variable".
Here's a proc I wrote, and it compiles ok:
alter PROCEDURE rptRRTP_By_Date_Range
-- Add the parameters for the stored procedure here
@.Update_Field as sysname,
@.start_date as datetime,
@.end_date as datetime,
@.contr_Stat as varchar(2),
@.seq as int
AS
declare @.sql_stat as varchar(255)
BEGIN
set @.sql_stat = 'update RRTP_Scorecard set ' + @.update_field + ' =
(select count(sequence_no) from fnStatusPerDatesTbl(' + @.start_date +
',' + @.end_date + ')
where contract_status = ' + @.contr_stat + ' group by sequence_no)
where sequence = ' + @.seq
Execute (@.sql_stat)
END
GO
And when I try to run it:
exec rptRRTP_By_Date_Range 'current_status', '1/1/2000', getdate(),
'00',1
I get this error:
Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 1
Incorrect syntax near ')'.
Looks like it doesn't like that getdate() call.
Any feedback on this?You can't pass a function in as a parameter. Try:
DECLARE @.dt DATETIME;
SET @.dt = GETDATE();
EXEC rptRRTP_By_Date_Range 'current_status', '1/1/2000', @.dt, '00',1;
Aaron Bertrand
SQL Server MVP
http://www.sqlblog.com/
http://www.aspfaq.com/5006
"d.s." <nodamnspamok@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Ok, I previously had a thread about "Column name as variable".
> Here's a proc I wrote, and it compiles ok:
>
> alter PROCEDURE rptRRTP_By_Date_Range
> -- Add the parameters for the stored procedure here
> @.Update_Field as sysname,
> @.start_date as datetime,
> @.end_date as datetime,
> @.contr_Stat as varchar(2),
> @.seq as int
> AS
> declare @.sql_stat as varchar(255)
> BEGIN
> set @.sql_stat = 'update RRTP_Scorecard set ' + @.update_field + ' =
> (select count(sequence_no) from fnStatusPerDatesTbl(' + @.start_date +
> ',' + @.end_date + ')
> where contract_status = ' + @.contr_stat + ' group by sequence_no)
> where sequence = ' + @.seq
> Execute (@.sql_stat)
> END
> GO
>
> And when I try to run it:
>
> exec rptRRTP_By_Date_Range 'current_status', '1/1/2000', getdate(),
> '00',1
>
> I get this error:
> Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 1
> Incorrect syntax near ')'.
> Looks like it doesn't like that getdate() call.
> Any feedback on this?
>|||On May 1, 12:35 pm, "Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]"
<ten...@.dnartreb.noraa> wrote:
> You can't pass a function in as a parameter. Try:
> DECLARE @.dt DATETIME;
> SET @.dt = GETDATE();
> EXEC rptRRTP_By_Date_Range 'current_status', '1/1/2000', @.dt, '00',1;
>
Great. Many thanks.|||On May 1, 12:35 pm, "Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]"
<ten...@.dnartreb.noraa> wrote:
> You can't pass a function in as a parameter. Try:
> DECLARE @.dt DATETIME;
> SET @.dt = GETDATE();
> EXEC rptRRTP_By_Date_Range 'current_status', '1/1/2000', @.dt, '00',1;
Ok, did that, but see error below.
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> Aaron Bertrand
> SQL Server MVPhttp://www.sqlblog.com/http://www.aspfaq.com/5006
> "d.s." <nodamnspa...@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Hmmm...I'm getting this error:
Msg 241, Level 16, State 1, Procedure rptRRTP_By_Date_Range, Line 20
Conversion failed when converting datetime from character string.
which I'm assuming is for the line of code immediately above,
specifically the @.end_date part.
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>|||Hi d.s.
Concatenation requires string values (char, varchar, etc.). You get the
error when concatenating your datetime parameter into the table name string.
You could try declaring your parameters as type varchar, but you have to be
aware that the actual string that results will depend on your regional
settings for displaying dates. If you already have these tables created,
expecting particular date formats for the table names, you'll need to be
really careful about how your dates are converted. Look up the CONVERT
function to see all the possibilities.
HTH
Kalen Delaney, SQL Server MVP
www.InsideSQLServer.com
http://sqlblog.com
"d.s." <nodamnspamok@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1178049900.305992.123560@.h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> On May 1, 12:35 pm, "Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]"
> <ten...@.dnartreb.noraa> wrote:
>
> Ok, did that, but see error below.
>
>
>
> Hmmm...I'm getting this error:
> Msg 241, Level 16, State 1, Procedure rptRRTP_By_Date_Range, Line 20
> Conversion failed when converting datetime from character string.
> which I'm assuming is for the line of code immediately above,
> specifically the @.end_date part.
>
>
>
>|||On May 1, 1:30 pm, "Kalen Delaney" <replies@.public_newsgroups.com>
wrote:
> Hi d.s.
> Concatenation requires string values (char, varchar, etc.). You get the
> error when concatenating your datetime parameter into the table name strin
g.
> You could try declaring your parameters as type varchar, but you have to b
e
> aware that the actual string that results will depend on your regional
> settings for displaying dates. If you already have these tables created,
> expecting particular date formats for the table names, you'll need to be
> really careful about how your dates are converted. Look up the CONVERT
> function to see all the possibilities.
>
This is actually what I ended up doing, converting to varchar before
sending it on down the line. Thanks for your feedback.