Why does the following not insert into the table?
CREATE TABLE #t1 (MessageText VARCHAR(1000))
declare @DbName varchar(255)
set @DbName=DB_Name()
declare @SQL VARCHAR(1000)
SET @SQL = 'dbcc checkdb (''' + @DbName + ''')'
PRINT @SQL
insert #t1
EXEC (@SQL)
Select *
from #t1
DROP TABLE #t1
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It ain't work that way
@return_status
Is an optional integer variable that stores the return status of a module. This variable must be declared in the batch, stored procedure, or function before it is used in an EXECUTE statement.
When used to invoke a scalar-valued user-defined function, the @return_status variable can be of any scalar data type.
I have no idea what Mohan Sekar is trying to tell you. But I think whatever he's tryign to tell you isn't applicable.
Run the following in Management Studio:
dbcc checkdb ('Your_database_name_goes_
You'll notice that it doesn't have a "resultset" tab, but rather just a messages tab. This is equivilent to: Print 'Statement'
Print 'Statement'
Print 'Statement'
These are just messages being returned to the console, they are not Records for a resultset.
The real question is, can you put that command into a record result set. That's a different question. I'll look into it though for you.
Per this thread, it's only applicable in SQL 2000 can you get it into a result set.
They suggest using e-mail
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by: HwkrangerPosted on 2009-07-17 at 12:17:07ID: 24881875
because it returns MESSAGES and not rows.
Good question though.