Thanks Naomi,

This works for my problem, but sometimes I have to look in a string of values.
It would be nice if there was a way to loom in a string of values.

Gary

>>Hi,
>>
>>I'm trying to find if a string exists as part of another string like the $ operator in Fox. I'm using this in a CASE statement.
>>
>>I need to use a variable for the right hand side of the comparison and can't get it to work for the life of me!
>>
>>Works fine:
>>if exists(select 1 where 'anc' in ('anc','add','xxx'))
>>
>>Fails miserably:
>>declare @MyList varchar(20)
>>-- Code to build list...
>>print @MyList
>>displays 'anc','add','xxx'
>>
>>if exists(select 1 where 'anc' in (@MyList)) -- Fails
>>
>>Perhaps I'm not building my list string properly?
>>
>>Thanks.
>
>Try
>

>declare @MyList table (Descr varchar(10))
>insert into @MyList values ('anc'),('add'),('xxx')
>
>if exists (select 1 where 'anc' in (select Descr from @MyList))