How to simulate an array in SQL Server

Just thought some might be interested in how to identify individual
items in an 'array' by declaring a local variable as table
----
declare @.MyTable table (MyRowID int identity, MyData varchar(255))
declare @.MyCurrentRow as int
declare @.MyRowCount as int
insert into @.MyTable select Name from sysobjects -- (or whatever)
set @.MyRowCount = @.@.RowCount
-- @.@.Rowcount hold the count of the last table in these cases anyway
-- then you can use statement to access the nth. row in the 'array'
select MyData from @.MyTable where MyRowID = 5 -- as an example
--
-- or step through the table using @.MyCurrentRow
Set @.MyCurrentRow = 1
while @.MyCurrentRow < @.MyRowCount +1
Begin
Select MyData from @.MyTable where MyRowID = @.MyCurrentRow
set @.MyCurrentRow = @.MyCurrentRow + 1
Continue
end
Just thought it might help. It isn't rocket science but I saw a few
with problems so thought I'd post.
I needed it to obtain individual values from a table and use those
values to call a stored procedure repeatedly.
CheersSee if these help:
http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2248 Arrays & Lists
http://www.sommarskog.se/dynamic_sql.html Dynamic SQL
http://www.users.drew.edu/skass/sql...bleProc.sql.txt List to
Table script
Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
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> Just thought some might be interested in how to identify individual
> items in an 'array' by declaring a local variable as table
> ----
> declare @.MyTable table (MyRowID int identity, MyData varchar(255))
> declare @.MyCurrentRow as int
> declare @.MyRowCount as int
> insert into @.MyTable select Name from sysobjects -- (or whatever)
> set @.MyRowCount = @.@.RowCount
> -- @.@.Rowcount hold the count of the last table in these cases anyway
> -- then you can use statement to access the nth. row in the 'array'
> select MyData from @.MyTable where MyRowID = 5 -- as an example
> --
> -- or step through the table using @.MyCurrentRow
> Set @.MyCurrentRow = 1
> while @.MyCurrentRow < @.MyRowCount +1
> Begin
> Select MyData from @.MyTable where MyRowID = @.MyCurrentRow
> set @.MyCurrentRow = @.MyCurrentRow + 1
> Continue
> end
> Just thought it might help. It isn't rocket science but I saw a few
> with problems so thought I'd post.
> I needed it to obtain individual values from a table and use those
> values to call a stored procedure repeatedly.
> Cheers
>sql