Use Master go Create Procedure sp_Select @TableName varchar(130) AS Begin Declare @OID int,@Name varchar(130),@SQL varchar(4000) /* get the Object_id for the table */ Select @OID = object_id(@TableName) If @OID is null Begin /* return the results in a column called SQL */ Select SQL='Table Not Found' Return End Select @SQL='Select ' DECLARE table_Cursor CURSOR Local Fast_Forward FOR Select Name from syscolumns where Id=@OID order by colid OPEN table_cursor /*open the cursor*/ FETCH NEXT FROM table_cursor INTO @Name /*Get the 1st row*/ WHILE @@fetch_status=0 /*set into loop until no more data can be found*/ BEGIN IF not @@fetch_status = -2 BEGIN Select @SQL=@SQL + @Name + ',' END FETCH NEXT FROM table_cursor INTO @Name /* get the next row*/ END Close table_cursor DEALLOCATE table_cursor /* Now we need to pull the extra comma off the end */ Select @SQL=substring(@SQL,1,Datalength(@SQL) -1) Select @SQL=@SQL + ' FROM ' + @TableName /* return the results */ Select SQL=@SQL End Go use pubs go execute sp_select 'jobs'