How can I create a view by passing the name from a parameter? (like: CREATE VIEW @ViewName )

Question

How can I use a parameter that stands for a view name which I can pass into CREATE VIEW statement in SQL?

DECLARE @ViewName VARCHAR(40) = 'V_fooo'
CREATE VIEW @ViewName 
AS
SELECT  * from foods

Does not work due to a syntax error. How can I achieve this? Thanks.

Answer 1

You would have to do this using DYNAMIC SQL.

DECLARE @ViewName VARCHAR(40) = 'V_fooo'
DECLARE @SQL VARCHAR(MAX) = 
'CREATE VIEW ' + @ViewName +'
AS
SELECT  * from foods'

EXEC (@SQL)

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Answer 2

DECLARE @Sql NVARCHAR(MAX);
DECLARE @View_Name NVARCHAR(128);

SET @View_Name = 'V_fooo'

SET @Sql = N'CREATE VIEW  ' + QUOTENAME(@View_Name) +
           N' AS SELECT * FROM dbo.foo_table'

EXECUTE sp_executesql @Sql