VFP has a literal string length limit of 255 bytes. Try breaking the statement up into smaller pieces and concatenating them like this: =SQLPREPARE(x,'SELECT * '+'FROM mytable WHERE '+'x=5...').

>If I execute a SQLPREPARE() statement that is very long, ie, over 255 characters, I cannot get it to execute. I have not been able to confirm that there is a 255 character limit on this statement (except that it is part of a VFP statement).
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>Is there a trick, workaround or method to execute long SQL Server statements from SQLPREPARE()?
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>Bob