Struggling with t-SQL syntax to get a set of record by passing in a string built in vb .net from a list of primary keys. Need 2 versions - one for integer keys, one for guid / uid keys
- I can be flexible about what and how I pass the params
I understand t-sql does not actually have arrays so my first instinct is to pass in a string with the guids delimited with ' and separated with a comma and see if the pk is in the "list" of the string.
But that won't work with
select * from members where cpk in (@pklist)
if I leave out the delimeters and have a single string with single quotes surrounding it the above select works but only pulls the first record
Integers an even bigger disaster as they a string values and the above code doesn't cast them
Plan B would be to build a table from the incoming param string and join against that to get the recordset but the syntax for that is beyond my t-sql skills
Have a feeling somebody has the answer to this
Guidance appreciated
TIA
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