TSQL varchar string manipulation

Question

I have a variable which contains the following string: AL,CA,TN,VA,NY

I have no control over what I get in that variable (comes from reporting services)

I

Answer 1

I want to know y does the following script run in SQL and not in T-SQL

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DECLARE @tblName varchar(30) SET @tblName = CONVERT(VARCHAR(20),GETDATE(),112) + 'Table'

DECLARE @sql nvarchar(4000) SELECT @sql = 'CREATE TABLE "' + @tblName + '" ( ID VARCHAR(15), Name VARCHAR(15) )'

EXEC(@sql)

go

it gives you the error

Msg 170, Sev 15: Line 1: Incorrect syntax near '20090714Table'. [SQLSTATE 42000]