BigQuery Stored Procedure - Use variable in UPDATE statement for table name

Question

I am trying to use a while loop in a stored procedure to update a list of tables. When trying to execute the below code, I am getting the error: Table name "table_nam

Answer 1

in below fragment of script

UPDATE table_name
SET name = "new_name"
WHERE name = "old_name";  

you should use EXECUTE IMMEDIATE - something like below

EXECUTE IMMEDIATE '''
UPDATE ''' || table_name || '''
SET name = "new_name"
WHERE name = "old_name"''';