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Old 10-28-2009
How to pass table_name as variable

i need to delete the data from all the tables where a column appears
Eg column_name = ABCD
Now i do get all the tables where a column like ABCD appears and stores it
in another table say temp
There are around 800+ tables i get
so my temp table has two fields
table_name column_name
now i want to delete data from these tables based upon condition

so my query is
Now taking the table_name from temp table in a cursor

how do i pass the table_name dynamically or using as variable in a cursor
eg: delete from @table_name where some condition
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