Insert Stored Procedure Results Into Table

Since stored procedures are generally the most efficient way to call and retrieve data, it’s natural to want to encapsulate logic in them and call them when needed. With this use also comes the need to retrieve the data they return. When you already know the datatypes and columns being returned from the procedure, this is a relatively easy task. Let’s start by looking at an example call. [cc lang=”sql”] — Create a sample stored procedure CREATE PROCEDURE GetList AS BEGIN SELECT ListName = ‘MyList’ ,ListNumber = 1 END GO — this table will house our results CREATE TABLE #List ( ListName varchar(25), ListNumber int ) — finally, execute and insert into our table INSERT INTO #List ( ListName, ListNumber ) EXEC dbo.GetList [/cc] That was relatively easy, however dynamically retrieving the result set from a stored procedure without knowing the columns and datatypes returned in advance has historically proven to be a difficult task. Fortunately with the advent of OPENROWSET, our life as developers has become much simpler. Using openrowset is very simple when we do not have procedures that take parameters, However when parameters become involved the game changes, however there is a workaround. In using OPENROWSET we need to turn on the ability to run distributed queries on your server. To enable this is simple, given you have the appropriate permissions. It’s a simple process when we do not have to pass in parameters. [cc lang=”sql”] sp_configure ‘Ad Hoc Distributed Queries’,1 RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE [/cc] Using OPENROWSET […]