>>>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?
>>>
>>>lcfile = "apdist"
>>>lcCompany = "99"
>>>
>>>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

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>Mike,
>He needs to preprocess this to remove semicolons and make it appear as a single line command. ie:
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>lcSelect = Chrtran(m.lcSelect,Chr(9)+';'+Chr(13)+Chr(10),Space(1))
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I think you meant POSTprocess. I do that all the time.

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>I'd instead do:
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>Select * from ("d:\demo\pro73b\sampledata\" + ALLTRIM(m.lcfile-m.lcCompany))
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Cetin

Sure, that works too.