Well, if you happen to be using Sql Server you can do that sort of thing in T-Sql. In Oracle, you can also accomplish the same thing using pl/sql. Either way i'd do it in a stored procedure.<BR ...

The EXECUTE statement sends dynamic non-query, DBMS-specific SQL statements to the DBMS and processes those statements. In some SAS/ACCESS interfaces, you can issue an EXECUTE statement directly ...

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