including parameters in OPENQUERY

Question

How can I use a parameter inside sql openquery, such as:

SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY([NameOfLinkedSERVER], 'SELECT * FROM TABLENAME
where field1=@someParameter') T1 INNER JOIN MYSQLSERVER.DATABASE.DBO.TABLENAME
T2 ON T1.PK = T2.PK

Answer 1

From the OPENQUERY documentation it states that:

OPENQUERY does not accept variables for its arguments.

See this article for a workaround.

UPDATE:

As suggested, I'm including the recommendations from the article below.

Pass Basic Values

When the basic Transact-SQL statement is known, but you have to pass in one or more specific values, use code that is similar to the following sample:

DECLARE @TSQL varchar(8000), @VAR char(2)
SELECT  @VAR = 'CA'
SELECT  @TSQL = 'SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY(MyLinkedServer,''SELECT * FROM pubs.dbo.authors WHERE state = ''''' + @VAR + ''''''')'
EXEC (@TSQL)

Pass the Whole Query

When you have to pass in the whole Transact-SQL query or the name of the linked server (or both), use code that is similar to the following sample:

DECLARE @OPENQUERY nvarchar(4000), @TSQL nvarchar(4000), @LinkedServer nvarchar(4000)
SET @LinkedServer = 'MyLinkedServer'
SET @OPENQUERY = 'SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY('+ @LinkedServer + ','''
SET @TSQL = 'SELECT au_lname, au_id FROM pubs..authors'')' 
EXEC (@OPENQUERY+@TSQL) 

Use the Sp_executesql Stored Procedure

To avoid the multi-layered quotes, use code that is similar to the following sample:

DECLARE @VAR char(2)
SELECT  @VAR = 'CA'
EXEC MyLinkedServer.master.dbo.sp_executesql
N'SELECT * FROM pubs.dbo.authors WHERE state = @state',
N'@state char(2)',
@VAR

Answer 2

You can execute a string with OPENQUERY once you build it up. If you go this route think about security and take care not to concatenate user-entered text into your SQL!

DECLARE @Sql VARCHAR(8000)
SET @Sql = 'SELECT * FROM Tbl WHERE Field1 < ''someVal'' AND Field2 IN '+ @valueList 
SET @Sql = 'SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY(SVRNAME, ''' + REPLACE(@Sql, '''', '''''') + ''')'
EXEC(@Sql)

Answer 3

From the MSDN page:

OPENQUERY does not accept variables for its arguments

Fundamentally, this means you cannot issue a dynamic query. To achieve what your sample is attempting, try this:

SELECT * FROM 
   OPENQUERY([NameOfLinkedSERVER], 'SELECT * FROM TABLENAME') T1 
   INNER JOIN 
   MYSQLSERVER.DATABASE.DBO.TABLENAME T2 ON T1.PK = T2.PK 
where
   T1.field1 = @someParameter

Clearly if your TABLENAME table contains a large amount of data, this will go across the network too and performance might be poor. On the other hand, for a small amount of data, this works well and avoids the dynamic sql construction overheads (sql injection, escaping quotes) that an exec approach might require.

Answer 4

Actually, We found a way to do this:

DECLARE @username varchar(50)
SET @username = 'username'
DECLARE @Output as numeric(18,4)
DECLARE @OpenSelect As nvarchar(500)
SET @OpenSelect = '(SELECT @Output = CAST((CAST(pwdLastSet As bigint) / 864000000000) As numeric(18,4)) FROM OpenQuery (ADSI,''SELECT pwdLastSet
                                FROM  ''''LDAP://domain.net.intra/DC=domain,DC=net,DC=intra''''
                                WHERE objectClass =  ''''User'''' AND sAMAccountName = ''''' + @username + '''''
                          '') AS tblADSI)'
EXEC sp_executesql @OpenSelect, N'@Output numeric(18,4) out', @Output out
SELECT @Output As Outputs

This will assign the result of the OpenQuery execution, in the variable @Output.

We tested for Store procedure in MSSQL 2012, but should work with MSSQL 2008+.

Microsoft Says that sp_executesql(Transact-SQL): Applies to: SQL Server (SQL Server 2008 through current version), Windows Azure SQL Database (Initial release through current release). (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188001.aspx)

Answer 5

DECLARE @guid varchar(36);  select @guid= convert(varchar(36), NEWID() );
/*
    The one caveat to this technique is that ##ContextSpecificGlobal__Temp should ALWAYS have the exact same columns.  
    So make up your global temp table name in the sproc you're using it in and only there!
    In this example I wanted to pass in the name of a global temporary table dynamically.  I have 1 procedure dropping 
    off temporary data in whatever @TableSrc is and another procedure picking it up but we are dynamically passing 
    in the name of our pickup table as a parameter for OPENQUERY.
*/
IF ( OBJECT_ID('tempdb..##ContextSpecificGlobal__Temp' , 'U') IS NULL )
    EXEC ('SELECT * INTO ##ContextSpecificGlobal__Temp FROM OPENQUERY(loopback, ''Select *,''''' +  @guid +''''' as tempid FROM ' + @TableSrc + ''')')
ELSE 
    EXEC ('INSERT ##ContextSpecificGlobal__Temp SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY(loopback, ''Select *,''''' +  @guid +''''' as tempid FROM ' + @TableSrc + ''')')

--If this proc is run frequently we could run into race conditions, that's why we are adding a guid and only deleting
--the data we added to ##ContextSpecificGlobal__Temp
SELECT * INTO #TableSrc FROM ##ContextSpecificGlobal__Temp WHERE tempid = @guid

BEGIN TRAN t1
    IF ( OBJECT_ID('tempdb..##ContextSpecificGlobal__Temp' , 'U') IS NOT NULL ) 
    BEGIN
        -- Here we wipe out our left overs if there if everyones done eating the data
        IF (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ##ContextSpecificGlobal__Temp) = 0
            DROP TABLE ##ContextSpecificGlobal__Temp
    END
COMMIT TRAN t1

-- YEAH! Now I can use the data from my openquery without wrapping the whole !$#@$@ thing in a string.

Answer 6

SELECT field1 FROM OPENQUERY 
                   ([NameOfLinkedSERVER], 
                   'SELECT field1 FROM TABLENAME') 
                           WHERE field1=@someParameter T1 
                                 INNER JOIN MYSQLSERVER.DATABASE.DBO.TABLENAME           
                                 T2 ON T1.PK = T2.PK

Answer 7

Combine Dynamic SQL with OpenQuery. (This goes to a Teradata server)

DECLARE 
    @dayOfWk    TINYINT = DATEPART(DW, GETDATE()),
    @qSQL       NVARCHAR(MAX) = '';

SET @qSQL = '
SELECT
    *
FROM
    OPENQUERY(TERASERVER,''
        SELECT DISTINCT
            CASE
                WHEN ' + CAST(@dayOfWk AS NCHAR(1)) + ' = 2
                THEN ''''Monday''''
                ELSE ''''Not Monday''''
            END
        '');';

EXEC sp_executesql @qSQL;

Answer 8

In the following example I'm passing a department parameter to a stored procedure(spIncreaseTotalsRpt) and at the same time I'm creating a temp table all from an OPENQUERY. The Temp table needs to be a global Temp (##) so it can be referenced outside it's intance. By using exec sp_executesql you can pass the department parameter.

Note: be careful when using sp_executeSQL. Also your admin might not have this option available to you.

Hope this helps someone.

 IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..##Temp') IS NOT NULL
/*Then it exists*/
    begin
       DROP TABLE ##Temp
    end 
 Declare @Dept as nvarchar(20) ='''47'''

 declare @OPENQUERY  as nvarchar(max)
set @OPENQUERY = 'Select ' + @Dept + ' AS Dept,  * into ##Temp from openquery(SQL_AWSPROD01,''' 

declare @sql nvarchar(max)= @openquery +  'SET FMTONLY OFF EXECUTE SalaryCompensation.dbo.spIncreaseTotalsRpts ' + '''' + @Dept + ''''  + ''')'
declare @parmdef nvarchar(25) 
DECLARE @param nvarchar(20) 

SET @parmdef = N'@Dept varchar(20)'
-- select @sql
-- Print @sql + @parmdef  + @dept
exec sp_executesql @sql,@parmdef, @Dept  
Select * from ##Temp

Results

Dept increase Cnt 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 0.0000 1.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000

Answer 9

I figured out a way that works for me. It does require the use of a scratch table that a linked server has access to though.

I created a table and populated it with the values I need then I reference that table through a linked server.

SELECT * 
FROM OPENQUERY(KHSSQLODSPRD,'SELECT *
  FROM ABC.dbo.CLAIM A WITH (NOLOCK)
  WHERE A.DOS >= (SELECT MAX(DATE) FROM KHSDASQL01.DA_MAIN.[dbo].[ALLFILENAMES]) ')

Answer 10

declare @p_Id varchar(10)
SET @p_Id = '40381'

EXECUTE ('BEGIN update TableName
                set     ColumnName1 = null,
                        ColumnName2 = null,
                        ColumnName3 = null,
                        ColumnName4 = null
                 where   PERSONID = '+ @p_Id +'; END;') AT [linked_Server_Name]

Answer 11

We can use execute method instead of openquery. Its code is much cleaner. I had to get linked server query result in a variable. I used following code.

CREATE TABLE #selected_store
(
   code VARCHAR(250),
   id INT
)
declare @storeId as integer = 25
insert into #selected_store (id, code) execute('SELECT store_id, code from quickstartproductionnew.store where store_id = ?', @storeId) at [MYSQL]  

declare @code as varchar(100)
select @code = code from #selected_store
select @code
drop table #selected_store

Note:

if your query doesn't work, please make sure remote proc transaction promotion is set as false for your linked server connection.

EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption
       @server = N'{linked server name}',
       @optname = N'remote proc transaction promotion',
       @optvalue = N'false';

Answer 12

Simple example based off of @Tuan Zaidi's example above which seemed the easiest. Didn't know you can do the filter on the outside of OPENQUERY... so much easier!

However in my case I needed to stuff it in a variable so I created an additional Sub Query Level to return a single value.

SET @SFID = (SELECT T.Id FROM (SELECT Id,  Contact_ID_SQL__c  FROM OPENQUERY([TR-SF-PROD], 'SELECT Id,  Contact_ID_SQL__c FROM Contact') WHERE Contact_ID_SQL__c = @ContactID) T)