you can use:
set @sql = concat( "INSERT INTO ", TABLENAME, "VALUES ('309', '0',
'statpress_mincap', 'edit_posts', 'yes')");
prepare stm from @sql;
execute @sql;
2011/10/4 Adam Gerson <agers...@cgps.org>
> I am getting the error that "TABLENAME" does not exist. How do I get it to
> substitute the value stored in TABLENAME, and not the literal string?
>
> begin
>
> declare v_max int unsigned default 1;
> declare v_counter int unsigned default 21;
> declare TABLENAME text;
>
> start transaction;
> while v_counter <= v_max do
> SET TABLENAME = CONCAT('wp_',v_counter, '_options');
> INSERT INTO TABLENAME VALUES ('309', '0', 'statpress_mincap',
> 'edit_posts', 'yes');
> set v_counter=v_counter+1;
> end while;
> commit;
> END
>
>
> Thanks,
> Adam
>
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