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Dynamic SQL (Introduction)

6 min readLast updated: 2026-07-23

Overview

Dynamic SQL allows queries to be dynamically constructed as strings and executed at runtime.

Code Examples

SQL

sql
-- Conceptual Dynamic SQL Execution (e.g. Postgres / SQL Server)
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'SELECT * FROM ' || table_name_var;

Summary

Dynamic SQL constructs query strings at runtime, useful for dynamic reporting and automated schema tasks.