>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>I have many places in my app where I use the following expression in the WHERE clause of the SQL Select. It works but what bothers me is that the expression has DTOC() and then CTOD(). I convert a date to a character and then convert the character back to date. Can it be simplified? Here is the expression:
>>>>

>>>>"MYTABLE.DATE_FLD >= CTOD('" + DTOC( dDateValue ) + "')"
>>>>

>>>>
>>>>TIA
>>>
>>>What's wrong with
>>>

>>>  MYTABLE.DATE_FLD >= dDateValue
>>>

>>>
>>>Just make sure that dDateValue variable is in scope.
>>
>>But I have to have this expression in the SQL Select expression. Here is an example (simplified):
>>

>>cWhereExpr = "MYTABLE.DATE_FLD >= CTOD('" + DTOC( dDateValue ) + "')"
>>cSqlSelect = " select * from mytable where " + cWhereExpr
>>

>
>If you're passing cSqlSelect into SQLEXEC() then:
>

>cWhereExpr = "MYTABLE.DATE_FLD >= ?dDateValue"
>cSqlSelect = " select * from mytable where " + cWhereExpr
>...
>nRetVal = SQLEXEC(nCon, cSqlSelect, "csrResult")
>

>As Borislav stated, make sure that dDateValue is in scope when the SQLEXEC() is executed.
>
>If cSqlSelect is going be macro-expanded into a statement within VFP then Borislav's suggestion should work.
>

>&cSqlSelect.
>* above expands to:  select * from mytable where  MYTABLE.DATE_FLD >= dDateValue
>

>
>As Borislav stated, make sure that dDateValue is in scope when the macro expansion takes place.

Thank you.