If lcPermID is a VFP variable. You can do it 2 ways:

Option 1:

lcSQL = "select * " + ;
	"from TRPSurvey" + "..exported " + ;
	"where cPermID = '" + alltrim(lcPermID) + "'"

Option 2:

lcSQL = "select * " + ;
	"from TRPSurvey" + "..exported " + ;
	"where cPermID = ?lcPermID"

Provided that lcPermID is already trimmed with spaces.