>>Hi,
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>>I need to change the following SQL Insert such that if the cursor cViewName does not have a column FIELD1 (or any other), this column IS NOT included in the expression. Here is an example:
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>>INSERT INTO (cViewName) (FIELD1, FIELD2, FIELD3) VALUES ( "", "", 0.00 )
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>>I know I can do it with an IF ENDIF condition but I wonder if it can be done in one line.
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>Hmm, you might be able to do something such as what JR suggests but it wouldn't be my first choice. SCATTER/GATHER can be elegant in a few situations but it has a couple of issues:
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>- you can inadvertently step on existing memvar values unless you carefully manage their names
>- technique is not translatable or applicable to backends other than VFP native tables
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>For the sake of future maintenance (including by yourself!) what I'd do:
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>- If you just have 2 possible INSERT statements, run the correct one via IF...ENDIF as you suggest
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>- If you have a few of them, use DO CASE...
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>- If you have more than a few, or you feel the need to be generic, build your INSERT statement on the fly as Naomi suggests
JR's suggestion was overkill, IMHO. I ended up having just one IF ... ENDIF. Thank you for your input.
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