One of the common questions I often receive is about how to use stored procedures in SELECT statements. There are several methods to achieve this, but today we will focus on the easiest way. Let’s dive in!
There are various ways to get the results of a stored procedure in a SELECT statement, such as creating a temp table, using table variables, or even using functions. However, the easiest method involves using the OPENROWSET function to execute the stored procedure within the SELECT statement.
Here’s an example of how you can run a stored procedure using OPENROWSET:
SELECT *
FROM OPENROWSET('SQLNCLI',
'server=localhost;trusted_connection=yes;',
'EXEC [AdventureWorks].[dbo].[uspGetManagerEmployees] 5')
As you can see, it’s as simple as including the stored procedure call within the OPENROWSET function. This allows you to retrieve the results of the stored procedure directly in your SELECT statement.
If you encounter an error related to ad hoc queries when running the SELECT statement with OPENROWSET, you can fix it by executing the following commands:
sp_configure 'Show Advanced Options', 1 RECONFIGURE sp_configure 'Ad Hoc Distributed Queries', 1 RECONFIGURE
These commands enable the use of ‘Ad Hoc Distributed Queries’ and resolve the error related to ad hoc queries.
And that’s it! You now know how to use stored procedures in SELECT statements using the OPENROWSET function. It’s a simple and efficient method to retrieve the results of a stored procedure within a SELECT statement.
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