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6>
7> CREATE TABLE authors(
8>    au_id          varchar(11),
9>    au_lname       varchar(40)       NOT NULL,
10>    au_fname       varchar(20)       NOT NULL,
11>    phone          char(12)          NOT NULL DEFAULT ('UNKNOWN'),
12>    address        varchar(40)           NULL,
13>    city           varchar(20)           NULL,
14>    state          char(2)               NULL,
15>    zip            char(5)               NULL,
16>    contract       bit               NOT NULL
17> )
18> GO
1> insert authors values('1',  'Joe',   'Abra',   '111 111-1111', '6 St.', 'Berkeley',  'CA', '11111', 1)
2> insert authors values('2',  'Jack',  'Majo',   '222 222-2222', '3 St.', 'Oakland' ,  'CA', '22222', 1)
3> insert authors values('3',  'Pink',  'Cherry', '333 333-3333', '5 Ln.', 'Vancouver', 'BC', '33333', 1)
4> insert authors values('4',  'Blue',  'Albert', '444 444-4444', '7 Av.', 'Vancouver', 'BC', '44444', 1)
5> insert authors values('5',  'Red',   'Anne',   '555 555-5555', '6 Av.', 'Regina',    'SK', '55555', 1)
6> insert authors values('6',  'Black', 'Michel', '666 666-6666', '3 Pl.', 'Regina',    'SK', '66666', 1)
7> insert authors values('7',  'White', 'Sylvia', '777 777-7777', '1 Pl.', 'Rockville', 'MD', '77777', 1)
8> insert authors values('8',  'Yellow','Heather','888 888-8888', '3 Pu',  'Vacaville', 'CA', '88888', 0)
9> insert authors values('9',  'Gold',  'Dep',    '999 999-9999', '5 Av.', 'Oakland',   'CA', '99999', 0)
10> insert authors values('10', 'Siler', 'Dean',   '000 000-0000', '4 Av.', 'Oakland',   'CA', '00000', 1)
11> GO

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1>
2>
3> SELECT au_fname, au_lname FROM authors
4> EXEC ('SELECT au_fname, au_lname FROM authors')
5> GO
au_fname             au_lname
-------------------- ----------------------------------------
Abra                 Joe
Majo                 Jack
Cherry               Pink
Albert               Blue
Anne                 Red
Michel               Black
Sylvia               White
Heather              Yellow
Dep                  Gold
Dean                 Siler
Abra                 Joe
Majo                 Jack
Cherry               Pink
Albert               Blue
Anne                 Red
Michel               Black
Sylvia               White
Heather              Yellow
Dep                  Gold
Dean                 Siler

(20 rows affected)
au_fname             au_lname
-------------------- ----------------------------------------
Abra                 Joe
Majo                 Jack
Cherry               Pink
Albert               Blue
Anne                 Red
Michel               Black
Sylvia               White
Heather              Yellow
Dep                  Gold
Dean                 Siler
Abra                 Joe
Majo                 Jack
Cherry               Pink
Albert               Blue
Anne                 Red
Michel               Black
Sylvia               White
Heather              Yellow
Dep                  Gold
Dean                 Siler

(20 rows affected)
1>
2> drop table authors;
3> GO

20.19.EXEC
	20.19.1.	The syntax of the EXEC statement
	20.19.2.	EXECUTE AS
	20.19.3.	Dynamic Selects
	20.19.4.	A stored procedure with dynamic execution by using EXEC
	20.19.5.	Sending Variable Information to an EXEC() Call
	20.19.6.	Switch database in EXEC
	20.19.7.	Statement Limit
	20.19.8.	Parse exception in another level of scope: Exception in EXEC
	20.19.9.	Execute a dynamic statement and return the result with OUTPUT
	20.19.10.	Use more than one sql statement in EXEC
	20.19.11.	Insert into with EXEC
	20.19.12.	Using EXEC () to Execute a Dynamic TOP n Query