INSERT INTO @TABLE EXEC @query with SQL Server 2000

Question

Is it true that SQL Server 2000, you can not insert into a table variable using exec?

I tried this script and got an error message EXECUTE cannot be used as a

Answer 1

The documentation is misleading.
I have the following code running in production

DECLARE @table TABLE (UserID varchar(100))
DECLARE @sql varchar(1000)
SET @sql = 'spSelUserIDList'
/* Will also work
   SET @sql = 'SELECT UserID FROM UserTable'
*/

INSERT INTO @table
EXEC(@sql)

SELECT * FROM @table