I loved this feature. I have always wanted this feature to be present in SQL Server. Last time when I met developers from Microsoft SQL Server, I had talked about this feature. I think this feature saves some time but make the code more readable. Inline variable assignment lets you declare a variable and set its value in one line.
---- SQL Server 2005 Way
DECLARE @MyVar INT
SET @MyVar = 5
SELECT @MyVar AS TestVar
GO
---- SQL Server 2008 Way
DECLARE @MyVar INT = 5
SELECT @MyVar AS TestVar
GO
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This will be a wonderful feature to have
now when we will upgrade to SQL 2008… that’s another story
It is a nice feature of sqlserver2008
thanks..
Please, help me in the following.
Say, I have 2 Sql Server databases and I sometimes need to pull data from both of them.
SELECT a.* FROM LocalTable a
INNER JOIN
\\ip address\servername\dbname.remote_table b ON a.primarykey=b.somekey
Is there any way to fill the lengthy name of my remote server into a variable and use @var.remote_table in the code shown above? It often creates problem if ip address or servername changes and also makes the code look nasty.
Please help me to get rid of this problem out.