Declare global variables for a batch of execution statements - sql server 2005
- by Shrewd Demon
hi,
i have an SQL statement wherein i am trying to update the table on the client's machine.
the sql statement is as follows:
BEGIN TRANSACTION
DECLARE @CreatedBy INT
SELECT @CreatedBy = [User_Id]
FROM Users
WHERE UserName = 'Administrator'
--////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
--////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
PRINT @CreatedBy --(Works fine here and shows me the output)
PRINT N'Rebuilding [dbo].[Some_Master]'
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[Some_Master]
ADD [CreatedBy] [BIGINT] NULL,
[Reason] [VARCHAR](200) NULL
GO
PRINT @CreatedBy --(does not work here and throws me an error)
PRINT N'Updating data in [Some_Master] table'
UPDATE Some_Master
SET CreatedBy = @CreatedBy
COMMIT TRANSACTION
but i am getting the following error:
Must declare the scalar variable "@CreatedBy".
Now i have observed if i write the Print statement above the alter command it works fine and shows me its value, but if i try to print the value after the Alter command it throws me the error i specified above.
I dont know why ?? please help!
Thank you
