Passing variable in a select statement

Question

Everything about this query works except I'm trying to capture the @companyid (which is a variable) into a column in my table via my select statement.
My error is Invalid column name 'A113', etc.  However it is the A113 I'm trying to insert into the first column of the table SAP_GLsummary
Can someone fix my syntax so this works.
-- retrieves a list of gl balances from all companies
truncate table sap_glsummary
declare @companyID char(6)
declare c_company cursor for
select INTERID from dbo.GP_Interid
open c_company fetch next from c_company into @companyID
while @@fetch_status = 0
begin
insert into SAP_GLsummary
exec ('select ' + @companyID + ' , [Year],[Period ID],[Account Number],[Account Description],[Credit Amount],[Debit Amount]
FROM ' +'cgygp01.'+ @companyID + '.dbo.AccountSummary')
fetch next from c_company into @companyID
end
close c_company
deallocate c_company

Answer 1

Try
- retrieves a list of gl balances from all companies
truncate table sap_glsummary
declare @companyID char(6)
declare c_company cursor for
select INTERID from dbo.GP_Interid
open c_company fetch next from c_company into @companyID
while @@fetch_status = 0
begin
insert into SAP_GLsummary (Col1, Col2, ...)
exec ('select ' + quotename(@companyID,'''') + ' , [Year],[Period ID],[Account Number],[Account Description],[Credit Amount],[Debit Amount]
FROM ' +'cgygp01.'+ quotename(@companyID) + '.dbo.AccountSummary')
fetch next from c_company into @companyID
end
close c_company
deallocate c_company
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