how to set multiple local variable from single select statement

is it possible to set the value of multiple local variables using just 1
statement. For example assume a simple table 'E' with 3 columns 'empID',
'empName', 'empToken'. I can get their values with
declare @.ENAME as char(30), @.ETOKEN as int
SET @.ENAME = (SELECT empName FROM E WHERE empID = 1)
SET @.ETOKEN = (SELECT empToken FROM E WHERE empID = 1)
What I want to do is compine the two assignments into 1 single statement so
that the db never has to be looked up more than once. e.g.
SET @.ENAME, @.ETOKEN = (SELECT empName, empToken FROM E WHERE empID = 1)
is this possible and if it is, what is the synthax?try this.. hope this helps.
SELECT @.ENAME = empName,
@.ETOKEN = empToken
FROM E WHERE empID = 1
--|||HI,
sure:
SELECT @.ENAME = empName , @.ETOKEN = emptoken FROM E WHERE empID = 1
HTH, jens Suessmeyer.
http://www.sqlserver2005.de
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