I have a temporary table created at the beginning of this stored procedure. It is created successfully and can be selected from and inserted to. Here is the create statement
CREATE TABLE #tmpImportData ( GuideFirstName VARCHAR(MAX), GuideLastName VARCHAR(MAX), email VARCHAR(MAX), group_id_text VARCHAR(MAX), CandidateName VARCHAR(MAX), grade_text VARCHAR(5), dateofbirth DATE)
My problem is trying to update a column after I alter the temporary table. I get the error:
Msg 207, Level 16, State 1
invalid column name
Code:
declare @SQl1 nvarchar(max)set @SQL1 ='ALTER TABLE #tmpImportData ADD group_id INTALTER TABLE #tmpImportData ADD guide_id INTALTER TABLE #tmpImportData ADD password_plain_text VARCHAR(500)ALTER TABLE #tmpImportData ADD guide_email VARCHAR(500)ALTER TABLE #tmpImportData ADD class_id INT'exec sp_executesql @Sql1UPDATE #tmpImportData SET group_id = CAST(group_id_text AS INT)UPDATE #tmpImportData SET group_id = 0 WHERE group_id IS NULL
Solution: NOT THE SOLUTION ANYMORE, IT DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE
declare @SQl1 nvarchar(max)set @SQL1 ='ALTER TABLE #tmpImportData ADD group_id INTALTER TABLE #tmpImportData ADD guide_id INTALTER TABLE #tmpImportData ADD password_plain_text VARCHAR(500)ALTER TABLE #tmpImportData ADD guide_email VARCHAR(500)ALTER TABLE #tmpImportData ADD class_id INT'exec sp_executesql @Sql1WAITFOR DELAY '000:00:05'UPDATE #tmpImportData SET group_id = CAST(group_id_text AS INT)UPDATE #tmpImportData SET group_id = 0 WHERE group_id IS NULL
What I thought would be better but still throws the invalid column name error Msg 207, Level 16, State 1, Line 2Invalid column name 'group_id'.:
declare @SQl1 nvarchar(max)set @SQL1 ='ALTER TABLE #tmpImportData ADD group_id INT, guide_id INT, password_plain_text VARCHAR(500), guide_email VARCHAR(500), class_id INT; UPDATE #tmpImportData SET group_id = CAST(group_id_text AS INT);UPDATE #tmpImportData SET group_id = 0 WHERE group_id IS NULL; 'exec sp_executesql @Sql1WAITFOR DELAY '000:00:05'--UPDATE #tmpImportData SET group_id = CAST(group_id_text AS INT)--UPDATE #tmpImportData SET group_id = 0 WHERE group_id IS NULLSELECT * FROM #tmpImportData