Can we pass parameters to a view in SQL?

Question

Can we pass a parameter to a view in Microsoft SQL Server?

I tried to create view in the following way, but it doesn\'t work:

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Answer 1

A hacky way to do it without stored procedures or functions would be to create a settings table in your database, with columns Id, Param1, Param2, etc. Insert a row into that table containing the values Id=1,Param1=0,Param2=0, etc. Then you can add a join to that table in your view to create the desired effect, and update the settings table before running the view. If you have multiple users updating the settings table and running the view concurrently things could go wrong, but otherwise it should work OK. Something like:

CREATE VIEW v_emp 
AS 
SELECT      * 
FROM        emp E
INNER JOIN  settings S
ON          S.Id = 1 AND E.emp_id = S.Param1