mysql - What is the workaround for using dynamic SQL in a stored Procedure

Question

The Stored Procedure

DELIMITER $$

CREATE PROCEDURE `lms`.`leads_to_bak` ()
BEGIN
SET @table1 = (SELECT `tabler_name` FROM `sets` WHERE `on_off`=0 LIMIT 1);
SET @table2 = CONCAT(@table1, '_bak');
SET @SQL1 = CONCAT('INSERT INTO ',@table2, '(', (SELECT REPLACE(GROUP_CONCAT(COLUMN_NAME), 'lead_id,', '') FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME = @table2), ')', ' SELECT ', (SELECT REPLACE(GROUP_CONCAT(COLUMN_NAME), 'lead_id,', '') FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME = @table1), ' FROM ', @table1);
PREPARE stmt FROM @sql1;
EXECUTE stmt;
END$$

DELIMITER ;

The Trigger

DELIMITER $$
USE `lms`$$

CREATE TRIGGER `lms`.`after_insert_into_leads`
AFTER INSERT ON `sets` FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
CALL lms.leads_to_bak();
END$$

DELIMITER ;

The problem

I get a Error Code: 1336. Dynamic SQL is not allowed in stored function or trigger error message when making an INSERT which by implication would execute the trigger and the stored procedure. I am assuming the problem is the Dynamic SQL here:

PREPARE stmt FROM @sql1;
EXECUTE stmt;

I've looked around and there is a thread on stackoverflow on the problem, but no answer. Does anyone have any suggestions for a plausible workaround?

Answer 1

There is no good workaround for the absense of Dynamic SQL in MySQL functions, just klunky cludges. Some things still remain downright impossible to cludge, such as using a dynamically-calculated field name or table name in a SQL query. Yes, once in a while there is a need for doing this sort of thing!

And don't try cheat by putting the Dynamic SQL in a stored procedure and wrapping in a function or trigger, as the question poser tried - MySQL is too clever and will give you the usual obscure error message. Believe me, I have been around all the houses.

Coming from an Oracle PL/SQL and MS SQL Server background, I sorely miss the richness that PL/SQL and (to a small extent) T-SQL offers for writing procedural SQL.