ALTER TABLE my_table ADD @column INT

Question

If i want to use a variable as name of the new column, is this posible in MS SQL?

Example that dont work:

ALTER TABLE my_table ADD @column INT
         


        

Answer 1

Have a look at (EXECUTE (Transact-SQL))

CREATE TABLE MyTable(
        ID INT
)
GO
SELECT * FROM MyTable
GO
DECLARE @column VARCHAR(100)
SET @column = 'MyNewCol'
EXEC('ALTER TABLE MyTable ADD ' + @column + ' INT')
GO
SELECT * FROM MyTable
GO
DROP TABLE MyTable