Arthur Fuller
artful at rogers.com
Wed Feb 18 19:56:52 CST 2004
IMO you permanently defeat the optimizations using this approach. Arthur -----Original Message----- From: dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Robert L. Stewart Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 1:54 PM To: marion meh3 Cc: Robert.Djabarov at usaa.com; Eric Easley Subject: [dba-SQLServer] Re: How To: Create a Stored Procedure using aparameter for IN Final SQL Stored Procedure: CREATE PROCEDURE usp_Build_In @Select varchar(500), @From varchar(150), @Where varchar(500), @In varchar(500), @OrderBy Varchar(250) AS BEGIN DECLARE @SQL varchar(1900) SET @sql = @Select + @From + @Where + @In + @Orderby EXEC(@sql) END To Use it: SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF GO exec usp_Build_In 'SELECT ClientID,ResidenceType,LastName ', 'FROM tbl_Client ', 'WHERE LastName IN(', "'Stewart','Jones')", 'ORDER BY LastName' Notice the Double-quotes on the @In parameter. Robert, I am still working on the idea of using the subquery. The code you sent to me only returns one row, the last one in the list. But I will have more time to work with it tomorrow. RLS _______________________________________________ dba-SQLServer mailing list dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver http://www.databaseadvisors.com