>jes, but how exactly do you mean?
>
>a simplyfied example of my situation looks like this:

>cWhereStr = "Inlist('12345', 'test', 'hallo', ...)
>
>select ;
>   fld1, ;
>   fld2, ;
>   ... ;
>   from table1 q_a, table q_b ;
>   where &cWhereStr ;
>   group ... ;
>   into...

>there are some fields which are variable though macros, as well as the goup clause and the from clause.

If you use a cursor or array instead of INLIST there wouldn't be a limit on the # of items.