MS SQL: Suppress return value of stored procedure called in stored procedure

Question

I think I have the same problem as kcrumley describes in the question \"Problem calling stored procedure from another stored procedure via classic ASP\". However his questio

Answer 1

As Matt points out in his comment, neither solution really 'swallow' the first resultset. I don't know why you'd want this but you can 'swallow' the result of the first exec by using a table variable. It must match the exact amount and type of the result set's columns. Like so:

CREATE PROCEDURE return_1 AS 
    SET NOCOUNT ON;
    SELECT 1
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE call_return_1_and_return_2 AS 
    SET NOCOUNT ON;
    DECLARE @Result TABLE (res int)
    insert into @Result EXEC return_1
    SELECT 2
GO