>>Does anybody know how to execute a SELECT sentence longer than 255 characters from EXE application.
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>>I allow my users to pick a fields from list and then I make a SELECT sentence (something like a query maker )
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>>This is working just fine from VFP development
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>>SET TEXTMERGE TO myPrg
>>// some select syntax
>>SET TEXTMERGE TO
>>COMPILE myPrg
>>DO (myPrg)
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>>but from executable, this feature is not available, does anybody have some idea how to solve this problem
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>SQL select can go up to 2000+ characters, but you should probably build up a text-string variable instead of merging and compiling a .prg. It will perform better as well. Ex.:

>lcSel = "SELECT "
>lcSel = lcSel + "SomeFields" + " FROM "
>lcSel = lcSel + "SomeTables" + " WHERE "
>lcSel = lcSel + "Condition"
>&lcSel

>I do it that way and it works great.

Method suggested by Danijel is best.
That's the best way to go for any SQL statement.It not only provides a more than 255 characters SQL but also a flexibility to build any conditions and select tables at runtime as per the choice of user.

Aashish