How do I get the row count in this Microsoft SQL statement

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SQL-Server-2012

CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[TableRowCount]
	@tableName text,
	@count int OUTPUT
AS
	EXEC('SELECT * FROM ' + @tableName)
	SET @count = @@ROWCOUNT
RETURN @count

Posted 14-May-14 14:03pm

Olanrewaju Joseph

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[no name] 14-May-14 20:44pm

You are probably going to have to explain what you mean. Just dumping some code is not a question or description of a problem.

Olanrewaju Joseph 15-May-14 4:15am

I want to pass the table name as parameter to the stored procedure and get the number of rows as the output.

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DamithSL · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-14T14:38:00

Solution 1

check below
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20562688/count-number-of-records-of-a-dynamic-build-query-into-a-variable[^]

Posted 14-May-14 14:38pm

DamithSL

phil.o · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-14T14:49:00

Solution 2

Why not just simply

SQL

SELECT COUNT(TableName.TablePK) FROM TableName
-- Because SELECT * is a really bad habit

?

Posted 14-May-14 14:49pm

phil.o