>John,
>
>You can use macro substitution. One thing to keep in mind is that macro substitution works only with memory variables, not with fields. So you might do something like this:
>

>m.lcReplace='REPLACE '+mytable.SourceField+' WITH '+mytable.Protocol
>&lcReplace

Hope this helps.
>

OTOH, name substitution works just fine in the REPLACE statement; coupled with the EVAL() function, you get nice, clean code like:

REPLACE (mytable.SourceField) WITH EVAL(myTable.Protocol)

>>I am working on doing routine data imports from remote systems utilizing two data structures that are different from the local data structures, and cannot be changed.
>>
>>As a result, we have to map the incoming data to match the local fields, possibly performing some other manipulations. Currently, this mapping is hardcoded into the import routines.
>>
>>What I would like to do is drive the mapping out of a table. The MAPTABLE will contain the source table and fieldnames, the destination table and fieldnames, and the mapping protocol. For example, a last name may come over from field "last_name" all in UPPER case. I want to put it into "name1l", in PROPER case. The map protocol would look like this : PROPER(sourcetable.last_name)
>>
>>How do I get this to work in code, where the procedure/method/function reads the protocol and then applies it?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>John