Moving Complex Query Results to a Table - sql

Question

I have a complex query that cannot be saved as a view because of the DECLARE statements at the beginning of the query.
I would like to save the results of the query into a table.
I tried to insert the following statement to surround the whole query and also only around the SET #sql and EXEC(#sql).
Both caused errors that I could not resolve.
This is the query that produces the results I need:
DECLARE #sql VARCHAR(MAX)
DECLARE #colList VARCHAR(MAX)
--create dynamic list of columns
SELECT #colList = STUFF((SELECT + ',' + QUOTENAME(colName + CAST(CAST(Billing_Order AS INTEGER) AS VARCHAR))
FROM Credible_Client_Insurance_Raw_Data
CROSS APPLY
(SELECT 1 As Ord, 'Payer_ID' ColName
UNION ALL
SELECT 2 As Ord, 'Billing_Order'
UNION ALL
SELECT 3 As Ord, 'Insurance_ID'
UNION ALL
SELECT 4 As Ord, 'Group_No'
UNION ALL
SELECT 5 As Ord, 'Copay_Fee'
UNION ALL
SELECT 6 As Ord, 'Start_Date') v
GROUP BY colName, Ord, CAST(CAST(Billing_Order AS INTEGER) AS VARCHAR)
ORDER BY CAST(CAST(Billing_Order AS INTEGER) AS VARCHAR), Ord
FOR XML PAT(''), TYPE).value('/', 'VARCHAR(MAX)'), 1, 1, '')
--unpivot columns into rows and then apply pivot
SET #sql = 'SELECT Client_ID, ' + #colList + '
FROM
(SELECT
Client_ID, ColVal,
colName + CAST(CAST(Billing_Order AS INTEGER) AS VARCHAR) ColName
FROM Credible_Client_Insurance_Raw_Data
CROSS APPLY
(
SELECT Payer_ID As ColVal, ''Payer_ID'' ColName UNION ALL
SELECT Billing_Order, ''Billing_Order'' UNION ALL
SELECT Insurance_ID, ''Insurance_ID'' UNION ALL
SELECT Group_No, ''Group_No'' UNION ALL
SELECT CAST(Copay_Fee AS VARCHAR), ''Copay_Fee'' UNION ALL
SELECT CAST(Start_Date AS VARCHAR), ''Start_Date''
) v
) A
PIVOT
(
MAX(ColVal) FOR ColName IN (' + #colList + ')
) P1 '
EXEC(#sql)
I just want to INSERT the query's result set into a permanent table Credible_Client_Insurance_Data.
Is there any way to essentially perform a
INSERT INTO Credible_Client_Insurance_Data (Client_ID, etc.)
SELECT Client_ID, etc.
FROM query_results
Or some type of data insert into the table?

Answer 1

IF I'm understanding correctly, don't you just need to change the value of #sql to:
SET #sql = '
INSERT INTO Credible_Client_Insurance_Data (' + #colList + ')
SELECT Client_ID, ' + #colList + '
FROM
(
SELECT Client_ID, ColVal,
colName + CAST(CAST(Billing_Order AS INTEGER) AS VARCHAR) ColName
FROM Credible_Client_Insurance_Raw_Data
CROSS APPLY
(
SELECT Payer_ID As ColVal, ''Payer_ID'' ColName UNION ALL
SELECT Billing_Order, ''Billing_Order'' UNION ALL
SELECT Insurance_ID, ''Insurance_ID'' UNION ALL
SELECT Group_No, ''Group_No'' UNION ALL
SELECT CAST(Copay_Fee AS VARCHAR), ''Copay_Fee'' UNION ALL
SELECT CAST(Start_Date AS VARCHAR), ''Start_Date''
) v
) A
PIVOT
(
MAX(ColVal) FOR ColName IN (' + #colList + ')
) P1 ;';