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Old 01-28-08, 17:27
Frank Leaber Frank Leaber is offline
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Can a database name in a select statement be a variable

Hello
Is there a way to use information in a column in one table and that info is part of a table name I need to access using a select statement?

Example:
Table one contains a column of item numbers.
My next select statement would be
Select *
From xxx(item number)xx
Where ......

This on a Z/os system

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks
Frank
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Old 01-29-08, 07:59
umayer umayer is offline
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in a single statement, that's not possible.
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Old 01-29-08, 08:32
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You need dynamic SQL for that.
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