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Running SQL Query from a SQL Query

I have a table where I want to run a query that I get from a query.
What I want to do is return the name (checkbooks, clients, etc) and the results of the sql queries per each type. all within one query result so I can send that data out. I have no clue where to start.

You could try using your first query to open a cursor, then within the loop execute the result string as dynamic SQL. I dont know what your tables or columns are called, but assuming table is called Table and column containing those Selects is Result, you could try something like:
declare commands cursor for
select result from table
declare #cmd varchar(max)
open commands
fetch next from commands into #cmd
while ##FETCH_STATUS=0
begin
exec(#cmd)
fetch next from commands into #cmd
end
close commands
deallocate commands
Inspired by this question:
execute result of select statement

This doesn't look like a good idea, unless there is no way for you to change this approach.
If you are using EF, after getting the row, you can execute the query in the query test field like this
context.MyEntity.SqlQuery("SELECT * FROM dbo.MyEntity").ToList();
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/ef6/querying/raw-sql
You can do the same with different ORM, the idea is simple get the string in the field and pass it to the execute query.
FYI: Is saving SQL statements in a table for executing later a bad idea?
https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/227922/is-saving-sql-statements-in-a-table-for-executing-later-a-bad-idea

MySQL stored procedure parameter not working

I am new to MySQL and I am trying to port some stored procedures from SQL Server. I created a basic stored procedure with parameter passing in MySQL.
The stored procedure simply takes a parameter and executes a 'drop if exist' based on the parameter supplied.
When running in MySQL results in an error below.
Seems that somehow, the parameter passed 'mytablename' into the stored procedure is executed as part of the statement instead of a parameter.
Any advice?
SQL statement:
call mydb.spDroptableifexist('customerdata');
Results:
0 row(s) affected, 1 warning(s): 1051 Unknown table 'mydb.mytablename'
This is the stored procedure:
USE `mydb`;
DROP procedure IF EXISTS `spDroptableifexist`;
DELIMITER $$
USE `mydb`$$
CREATE DEFINER=`root`#`localhost` PROCEDURE `spDroptableifexist`(IN mytablename VARCHAR(255))
BEGIN
drop table if exists mytablename;
END$$
DELIMITER ;

From the manual:
User variables are intended to provide data values. They cannot be
used directly in an SQL statement as an identifier or as part of an
identifier, such as in contexts where a table or database name is
expected
To use a variable as a table name, you need to prepare a statement and execute it:
SET #sql = CONCAT('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ', mytablename);
PREPARE stmt FROM #sql;
EXECUTE stmt;

Use Stored procedures that uses the "EXECUTE" command in a TableAdapter

I am writing a program that needs to call a MSSQL stored procedure called dbo.getsystemnumber; this procedure generates the next pyd_number which I need to insert a new line in the paydetail table. This is what the procedure looks like:
ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[getsystemnumber](#p_controlid varchar(8), #p_alternateid varchar(8))
AS
DECLARE #return_number int
EXECUTE #return_number = dbo.getsystemnumber_gateway #p_controlid, #p_alternateid, 1
RETURN #return_number
I'm using the c# tableadapter to call this procedure but when I do call it and say put it on a label or listbox, it just returns a value of 0. The function still updates in SQL server to the next number when I run the program.
TMW_Test2DataSetTableAdapters.paydetailTableAdapter returnPydNumber = new TMW_Test2DataSetTableAdapters.paydetailTableAdapter();
lbPydnumber.Items.Add(Convert.ToInt32(returnPydNumber.getsystemnumber("PYDNUM", " ")));
However, when I use the preview data option in the tableadapter view I get the right number that I'm supposed to get. In SQL Server we call it like this:
declare #pyd_number int
execute #pyd_number = dbo.getsystemnumber N'PYDNUM', NULL
select #pyd_number

TableAdapters use the result of a SELECT statement for their data, not the RETURN value of a query. Under the hood, a single value TableAdapter will use ExecuteScalar(), which takes the first column in the first row of the resultset.
This blog post explains this and a workaround. Either change the store procedure to SELECT the value instead of RETURNing it, or change the generated code to look at the ReturnValue of the database call.

AS400 Call a stored procedure from another stored procedure

I am trying to call a stored procedure from another stored procedure.
I tried different syntax but with no success.
The first stored procedure returns a table. For the test, I just want to return from the second stored procedure what I got from the first one.
First stored procedure (SP01):
BEGIN
DECLARE C2 CURSOR WITH RETURN FOR
SELECT DISTINCT TBL.*
FROM LIB.TABLE1 TBL;
OPEN C2 ;
END
It works fine when calling it from c#.
Second stored procedure (SP02):
BEGIN
DECLARE C2 CURSOR WITH RETURN FOR
CALL SP01();
OPEN C2 ;
END
I am getting an error:
Vendor Code: -104
Message: [SQL0104] Token SP01 was not valid. Valid tokens: ;. Cause ....
A syntax error was detected at token SP01.
What is the correct syntax / approach for SP02?
EDITED:
In ms access, I was able to create a query QUERY2 based on another query QUERY1:
SELECT * FROM QUERY1;
or even joining it like a table
SELECT * FROM TABLE1 INNER JOIN QUERY1 ON (TABLE1.FIELD1 = QUERY1.FIELD1);
I need to move all my tables and queries from mdb to AS400 and write a C# application that use those queries.
I do not see so much examples on the net, maybe my approach is wrong.
I have multiple queries to run and each one depends on another one. I thought calling one stored procedure from my C# application and this one will call to another one and so on.
Is it a correct way to run a series of queries that depends one to each other?
Or is there a way to call from my c# application to all the queries independently and from the code to build the dependency between them, look like this approach is wrong?

If you are using IBM i version 6.1 or earlier, you cannot access result sets returned by a stored procedure using a language SQL stored procedure. For version 7.1 or later, you can use the ASSOCIATE RESULT SET LOCATORS statement to retrieve the result sets. See the ASSOCIATE LOCATORS statement in the SQL Reference manual (http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_71/db2/rbafzassocloc.htm?lang=en) for more information.
Once you have the locator, you use the ALLOCATE CURSOR statement (http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_72/db2/rbafzalloccsr.htm?lang=en) to get a cursor from the RESULT SET LOCATOR.
Further examples can be found here: http://www.itjungle.com/fhg/fhg082510-printer02.html

Passing an array of objects to SQL stored procedure

I have 2 tables
payment (payment_id, otherCosts, GarageCosts)
spareparts (payment_id, sparepartId, sparePartQty)
In payment table payment_id is autogenerated. Apart from otherCosts and garagecosts values, in my C# asp.net application there is an array of objects with
{ sparepartId : 'Somevalue', sparePartQty : 'somevalue' }
What I need to do is in a stored procedure first enter the record into payment table with garage costs and others costs value. Then return the last generated payment ID and enter it to spareParts table as paymentId for each of the value pairs in the array.
What is the way to achieve this? Please help.

Based on your tags I am going to assume we are talking about SQL Server / T-SQL.
You could do all this in one stored procedure:
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.Foo ... /* input parameters */
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #PaymentId int
INSERT INTO payment(otherCosts, GarageCosts) VALUES (...)
SET #PaymentId = SCOPE_IDENTITY()
INSERT INTO spareparts(payment_id, sparepartId, sparePartQty) VALUES(#PaymentId, ...)
END
GO
You may want to also look into ##IDENTITY but make sure you read about ##IDENTITY and SCOPE_IDENTITY and understand the risks associated with the first one.
If you need to have two separate sprocs you can do that too and here is how the first sproc would look like. Note that the #PaymentId is an output parameter which means that the caller can retrieve it and pass it to the second procedure.
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.Foo
/* input parameters */
#PaymentId int OUT
AS
BEGIN
INSERT INTO payment(otherCosts, GarageCosts) VALUES (...)
SET #PaymentId = SCOPE_IDENTITY()
END
GO
Edit - after the scope of the question was clarified:
If you need to call the second stored procedure and pass it an array of parameters, with SQL Server 2008 or newer you can use TVP (Table Value Parameters). To see how you can use them in stored procedures and how you can pass them from C# code see Table Value Parameters in SQL Server 2008 and .NET (C#) or Table-Valued Parameters.
You can also use TVPs with the solution where you only have one sproc.

To solve your problem try this
First insert your data in payment table with otherCosts and GarageCosts.
Then create a procedure to get the latest stored payment_id from payment table
create procedure select_last_payment_id
as
begin
select top 1 payment_id
from payment
order by payment_id desc
end
Lastly get that payment_id by running stored procedure and assigning it to payment_id of spareparts table and storing spareparts data.
Hope it works for you.