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>>Sergey,
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>>PMFJI. How is the text-merge different from using a variable? For example,
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>>cSqlCommand = "select myPrimaryId, mySecondayId,cDtTitle, " + ;
>>"cEnTitle, cDtMaterial, cEgMaterial,ceDtFormat, ceEgFormat, " + ;
>>"coalesce(DtPrtcopy,'') as DtPrtcopy, " + ;
>>"coalesce(EgPrtcopy,'') as EgPrtcopy, " + ;
>>"coalesce(DtSPrice,'') as DtSPrice " + ;
>>" from HORSART_WORKS "
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>>It seem like eithre method is limited 255 characters. Correct?
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>The textmerge method makes code easier to read, maintain and troubleshhot. For example, you can copy a query between TEXT...ENDTEXT into QA or SSMS and run with litle modifications.
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>I'm not sure what 255 charaters limit for the textmerge you cite.
I meant the 255 character limit of a string. That is, whether you create the variable using TEXT .. ENDTEXT or otherwise, the resulting variable cannot be greater than 255.
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