Question :
Using SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition
Consider the following statement:
:setvar source_server_name "SERVERNAMEINSTANCENAME"
Is it possible in SQLCMD mode to get that value using TSQL
Something like: :setvar source_server_name = SELECT @@servername
Thank you
Update 7/15/2013
The two answers offered below did not quite give the desired result, so I’m adding a more relevant exampe.
:setvar source_server_name [myserver]
The variable source_server_name is set to the text string [myserver_1]
I’d like to be able to do this:
create table #tmp(
id int identity(1,1),
server sysname
)
insert into #tmp values('myserver_1'),('myserver_2');
:setvar source_server_name = SELECT server FROM #tmp WHERE id = 1
select '$(source_server_name)'
(No column name)
myserver_1
The variable source_server_name would be set to the value in server for id 1.
Answer :
I think you need to output your results to a file and bring them back in. Something like this should help get you close to what you are looking for:
:setvar MyDir "C:scripts"
:OUT $(MyDir)test.txt
PRINT ':SETVAR ServerName ''' + @@SERVERNAME + ''''
GO
:OUT stdout
:r $(MyDir)test.txt
GO
SELECT $(ServerName)
You can see more examples here.