Dynamic Column Renaming

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if we want to rename a column in sql we use the statement
Sp_rename 'TableName.OldColumnName' , 'NewColumnName','Column'
in my stored procedure i want to pass tableName,OldColumnName and NewColumnName
as parameters i mean dynamic statement
the code is:
create Procedure A
@TableName nvarchar(255),
@OldColumnName nvarchar(255),
@NewColumnName nvarchar(255)

can any one help me to write the statement with the parameters
i dont know ho to put this special character ' in my statment
thanks

Posted 26-Nov-14 21:30pm

oula alsheikh

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Shweta N Mishra · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-26T21:38:00

Solution 1

check this

SQL

Create Procedure RenameColumnName
( 
@TableName nvarchar(255),
@OldColumnName nvarchar(255),
@NewColumnName nvarchar(255)
)
As
BEGIN
--declare @TableName nvarchar(255)='History',
--@OldColumnName nvarchar(255)='Column3',
--@NewColumnName nvarchar(255)='Column4'
declare @strsql varchar(max)
set @strsql = 'Sp_rename '''+@TableName+'.'+@OldColumnName+''' , '''+@NewColumnName+''',''Column''' 
exec (@strsql)

END

Posted 26-Nov-14 21:38pm

Shweta N Mishra

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oula alsheikh 27-Nov-14 3:53am

thanks very much it works well
putting ' as ''' in @strsql was what i didn't
know how to make

Shweta N Mishra 27-Nov-14 3:55am

np:)