>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>I think I can sent two command to SQL Server from VFP app (using SQLEXEC()) but I am not sure what separator to use. Should it be semi colon? For example if I want to alter a column and then set a value into this column, can I do the following:
>>>>>
>>>>>

>>>>>cSqlCmd = "alter table MyTable alter column MyFld1 char(30); update MyTable set MyFld1 = repl('0',30) where len(MyFld1) = 0"
>>>>>nRetunr = SQLEXEC(nConn, cSqlCmd)
>>>>>

>>>>>
>>>>>Will the above work? TIA
>>>>>
>>>>>UPDATE. I ran it and it works.
>>>>
>>>>Yes, you can and should use semicolon. You can also use text endtext to put commands in multiple lines to improve readability.
>>>
>>>What would be an exmaple of my string above using 'text / endtext'?
>>

>>text to lcSQL noshow
>>alter table MyTable alter column MyFld1 char(30); 
>>update MyTable set MyFld1 = replicate('0',30) where len(MyFld1) = 0;
>>endtext

>
>I see. I thought that you meant that a key words 'text' and 'endtext' could be passed in the string to the SQL Server. So the separator is still a semi colon. By the way, is there a max length of the string (e.g. lcSql) to pass to SQL server?
>Thank you.

I am not sure of the max length of the SQL command. I passed relatively long scripts (~30+ lines) OK. New versions of SQL Server will make ; to be required so it's a good idea to use ; at the end of SQL commands.