select syntax for variable tablename??

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select syntax for variable tablename??

Apr 12th, 2008

can anyone tell me how to use a variable table name in select syntax??
like..select * from tablename
here tablename is a variable name ..i read tht it can be done using dynamic sql..but i am not able to do it..can anyone tell me the code for it...i tried writin a procedure like this..

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CREATE procedure vartable(tablename varchar(255)
begin
declare varsql varchar(4000);
varsql='select * from tablename';
exec(varsql);
end;
create procedure vartable(tablename varchar(255)
begin
declare varsql varchar(4000);
varsql='select * from tablename';
exec(varsql);
end;