BTW....to make sure that the view is case-insensitve, try changing the line:

WHERE Notes.st_id $ THISFORM.vstring ;

With:

WHERE UPPER(Notes.st_id) $ UPPER(THISFORM.vstring) ;








>
>Write a little PRG and put the following in there:
>

>OPEN DATABASE databasename
>CREATE SQL VIEW myviewname AS ;
>   SELECT Notes.no_id, Notes.co_id, Notes.recordkey, Notes.nn, Notes.sn,;
>     Notes.name, Notes.contdate, Notes.note, Notes.phone, Notes.callback,;
>     Status.st_status, Notes.st_id;
>    FROM  planetrk!notes INNER JOIN planetrk!status ;
>      ON  Notes.st_id = Status.st_id;
>    WHERE Notes.st_id $ THISFORM.vstring ;
>   ORDER BY Notes.co_id, Notes.name, Notes.contdate DESC

>
>Note it's just as Jess says for use of $
>
>COMPILE and DO this PRG as required. The moral of the story is there are some things you don't want to leave to the View Designer :)
>
>
>
>>>>I have a multi select listbox that I loop thru and create a string of ID's of the selected items. For example, lets say that there are three items selected in the listbox. The string would look like this:
>>>>
>>>>"AAAAAb,AAAAAH,AAAAAc"
>>>>
>>>>I store this value to a form property i.e. THISFORM.VSTRING
>>>>
>>>>In the View Designer, my view looks like this:
>>>>
>>>>SELECT Notes.no_id, Notes.co_id, Notes.recordkey, Notes.nn, Notes.sn,;
>>>> Notes.name, Notes.contdate, Notes.note, Notes.phone, Notes.callback,;
>>>> Status.st_status, Notes.st_id;
>>>> FROM planetrk!notes INNER JOIN planetrk!status ;
>>>> ON Notes.st_id = Status.st_id;
>>>> WHERE Notes.st_id IN (?THISFORM.VSTRING);
>>>> ORDER BY Notes.co_id, Notes.name, Notes.contdate DESC
>>>>
>>>>I'm doing something wrong, 'cause I'm not getting the 3 ID's that I
>>>>want.
>>>>
>>>>What am I doin' wrong?
>>>>
>>>>Best
>>>>Dave
>>>
>>>Try:
>>>
>>>WHERE Notes.st_id $ Thisform.Vstring instead of IN.
>>
>>
>>
>>Hi Jess,
>>
>>The $ isn't one of my options in the View designer.