>>How can I execute a SQL statement stored as a character string. In the example below lcSelect contains the SQL statement. How can I execute this statement using lcSelect?
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>>lcfile = "apdist"
>>lcCompany = "99"
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>>lcselect = "Select * from " + "d:\demo\pro73b\sampledata\" + ALLTRIM(lcfile) + ALLTRIM(lcCompany)
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>BTW, use TEXT...ENDTEXT to create the string. It lets you create very large strings while keeping the entry of the select like you'd write it to run.
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TEXT TO lcSelect TEXTMERGE NOSHOW
>SELECT * ;
>  FROM d:\demo\pro73b\sampledata\<<alltrim(m.lcFile)>>
>ENDTEXT

Mike,
He needs to preprocess this to remove semicolons and make it appear as a single line command. ie:

lcSelect = Chrtran(m.lcSelect,Chr(9)+';'+Chr(13)+Chr(10),Space(1))

I'd instead do:

Select * from ("d:\demo\pro73b\sampledata\" + ALLTRIM(m.lcfile-m.lcCompany))

Cetin