how to pass parameter that I get from one Stored Procedure to another Stored Procedure? - sql

Question

I need to execute stored procedure that his ID will be the execute of another stored procedure. how can I do this?
ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[spABC]
#ID INT
,#TypeString nvarchar(50)
AS
BEGIN
--exec SECOND_SP
INSERT INTO dbo.abc (Id, TypeString)
VALUES (#"result from the second sp.", #TypeString)
END

Answer 1

As Gordon wrote in the comments, You could have an output parameter on the second stored procedure. another option would be to use rahul's example (if the second stored procedure simply returns a scalar value)
here is a quick example:
CREATE PROCEDURE Second_SP
(
#InParam varchar(10),
#OutParam int OUTPUT -- note the OUTPUT directive
)
AS
-- do stored procedure stuff here
-- set a value to the output parameter:
SET #OutParam = 1234
GO
in the first stored procedure you should use the output directive when executing the second procedure:
ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[spABC]
#ID INT
,#TypeString nvarchar(50)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #InParam varchar(10),
#OutParam int
-- set parameters values before executing...
exec SECOND_SP #InParam, #OutParam OUTPUT -- note the output directive
INSERT INTO dbo.abc (Id, TypeString)
VALUES (#OutParam, #TypeString)
END

Answer 2

Not sure why all the down votes on the question. English may be a little weak, but stored procedure parameters are arcane.
You must define the procedure AND the EXEC as passing the parameter and expecting OUTPUT. Stored procedure can include a RETURN, but I am pretty sure that value is always an INTEGER, and OP wants a string.
For example:
BEGIN TRANSACTION
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.SECOND_SP (#ID INT, #Type VARCHAR(9) OUTPUT)
AS
-- totally arbitrary, pretend logic for second sp for illustrative purposes
SET #Type = CASE WHEN #ID > 90000 THEN 'ADMIN'
WHEN #ID > 9000 THEN 'MANAGER' ELSE 'USER' END
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[spABC]
#ID INT
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #TypeString VARCHAR(9)
exec SECOND_SP #ID, #Type = #TypeString OUTPUT
SELECT #ID, #TypeString
-- INSERT INTO dbo.abc (Id, TypeString) VALUES (#"result from the second sp.", #TypeString)
END
GO
--TEST IT .....
EXEC [dbo].[spABC] 1111
EXEC [dbo].[spABC] 9123
EXEC [dbo].[spABC] 99543
ROLLBACK
--- RESULTS:
1111 USER
----------- ---------
9123 MANAGER
----------- ---------
99543 ADMIN

Answer 3

If you cannot update SECOND_SP to return the value as an OUTPUT parameter, and that stored procedure returns a single row, you can insert that into a Temporary Table (i.e. #Table) or a Table Variable (i.e. #Table) and then get the value from that table. Something along the lines of:
DECLARE #TempProcResult TABLE (ID INT, OtherField VARCHAR(50));
INSERT INTO #TempProcResult (ID, OtherField)
EXEC SECOND_SP #ID;
INSERT INTO dbo.abc (Id, TypeString)
SELECT tmp.ID, #TypeString
FROM #TempProcResult tmp;

Answer 4

Per your post, Considering that your second procedure SECOND_SP needs the #ID parameter and you want to have the return value of second procedure to the INSERT statement. you can do that like
ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[spABC]
#ID INT
,#TypeString nvarchar(50)
AS
BEGIN
declare #var int;
exec #var = SECOND_SP #ID;
INSERT INTO dbo.abc (Id, TypeString)
VALUES (#var, #TypeString)
END
EDIT:
Per comment from #srutzky. Try the below and see if works or not
create procedure test
as
begin
return 1009;
end
declare #var int;
exec #var = test;
select #var;