How can I conditionally construct a table name for an SQL CREATE TABLE statement?

Question

Within an SQL stored procedure, I would like to have the ability to construct a table name and create it.

Example: I just logged into my database under company 03 and a

Answer 1

You would need to use dynamic SQL eg:

DECLARE @company_id char(2)
SET @company_id = '02'
EXEC('CREATE TABLE CUSTOMER' + @company_id + ' (id int PRIMARY KEY)')

(tested)