Stored procedure to create a new database with tables

[Shiller]

I want my application to create a new database/tables when run for the
first time. I have created a stored procedure to create the new
database named "budget". When I run the stored procedure, it creates
the budget database but the tables are created in the "master"
database. Please help.

[Massimo-Mastino]

Before the CREATE TABLE statements you should put this:

USE Budget
go

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I want my application to create a new database/tables when run for the
first time. I have created a stored procedure to create the new
database named "budget". When I run the stored procedure, it creates
the budget database but the tables are created in the "master"
database. Please help.

[Shiller]

On Feb 28, 10:44 am, "Massimo-Mastino" <[e-mail]:

Before the CREATE TABLE statements you should put this:

USE Budget
go

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I want my application to create a new database/tables when run for the
first time. I have created a stored procedure to create the new
database named "budget". When I run the stored procedure, it creates
the budget database but the tables are created in the "master"
database. Please help.- Hide quoted text -

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I tried using the USE statement, but it's not allowed in stored
procedure: "a USE database statement is not allowed in a procedure,
function or trigger."

[Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)]

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On Feb 28, 10:44 am, "Massimo-Mastino" <[e-mail]:

>Before the CREATE TABLE statements you should put this:

USE Budget
go

"Shiller" <[e-mail] scritto nel
messaggionews:11**********************@8g2000cwh. googlegroups.com...

I want my application to create a new database/tables when run for the
first time. I have created a stored procedure to create the new
database named "budget". When I run the stored procedure, it creates
the budget database but the tables are created in the "master"
database. Please help.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I tried using the USE statement, but it's not allowed in stored
procedure: "a USE database statement is not allowed in a procedure,
function or trigger."

Correct, USE is not really transact-SQL it's a control statement for query
analyzer, etc.

Off hand I'm not sure of a solution to your problem, but google may. I seem
to recall others having similar problems.

Generally though what you want to do is done by a series of scripts, not a
single stored proc.

[AlterEgo]

Shiller,

Use a three part qualifier in your create table statement:

create table MyDB.dbo.MyTable ...

-- Bill

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>On Feb 28, 10:44 am, "Massimo-Mastino" <[e-mail]:

>>Before the CREATE TABLE statements you should put this:

USE Budget
go

"Shiller" <[e-mail] scritto nel
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I want my application to create a new database/tables when run for the
first time. I have created a stored procedure to create the new
database named "budget". When I run the stored procedure, it creates
the budget database but the tables are created in the "master"
database. Please help.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I tried using the USE statement, but it's not allowed in stored
procedure: "a USE database statement is not allowed in a procedure,
function or trigger."

Correct, USE is not really transact-SQL it's a control statement for query
analyzer, etc.

Off hand I'm not sure of a solution to your problem, but google may. I
seem to recall others having similar problems.

Generally though what you want to do is done by a series of scripts, not a
single stored proc.

[Shiller]

On Feb 28, 12:10 pm, "AlterEgo" <[e-mail]:

Shiller,

Use a three part qualifier in your create table statement:

create table MyDB.dbo.MyTable ...

-- Bill

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On Feb 28, 10:44 am, "Massimo-Mastino" <[e-mail]:
Before the CREATE TABLE statements you should put this:

>USE Budget
go

>"Shiller" <[e-mail] scritto nel
messaggionews:11**********************@8g2000cwh. googlegroups.com...

I want my application to create a new database/tables when run for the
first time. I have created a stored procedure to create the new
database named "budget". When I run the stored procedure, it creates
the budget database but the tables are created in the "master"
database. Please help.- Hide quoted text -

>- Show quoted text -

I tried using the USE statement, but it's not allowed in stored
procedure: "a USE database statement is not allowed in a procedure,
function or trigger."

Correct, USE is not really transact-SQL it's a control statement for query
analyzer, etc.

Off hand I'm not sure of a solution to your problem, but google may. I
seem to recall others having similar problems.

Generally though what you want to do is done by a series of scripts, not a
single stored proc.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Thank you so much Bill, your technique works.

[Erland Sommarskog]

Shiller (sh******@gmail.com) writes:

I want my application to create a new database/tables when run for the
first time. I have created a stored procedure to create the new
database named "budget". When I run the stored procedure, it creates
the budget database but the tables are created in the "master"
database. Please help.

This is a case where it's better to run statements from the client. After
all, somehow that stored procedure needs to be written somewhere, and I
don't think it's a good idea to write it to the master database.

Alternatively, you can put it a file that you run from OSQL or SQLCMD.
--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, es****@sommarskog.se

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