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Using an Expression to Get the Field Name..
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Visual FoxPro
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Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
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Thread ID:
00282481
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00282492
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>I'm trying to write some code which will Open a Table and Perform a SQL Statement On it using Paramters passed in, so nothing is Hardcoded/set at Design Time.
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>My problem arrises when I try to use a SELECT statement, specifying the Fields I want to Select and the fields I wish to Compare in my WHERE Clause. If I pass a variable, (containing the field Name), it doesn't work, eg.
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>SELECT m.MyField FROM m.MyTable INTO CURSOR curSQLCursor WHERE m.MyField LIKE 'Z%'
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>In the above Statement, it treats m.MyField as a Literal, instead of substituting it for the Value held by the m.MyField Variable.
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>Any help appreciated.

Try this

mysql="SELECT "+m.MyField+" FROM "+m.MyTable+" INTO CURSOR "+curSQLCursor+" WHERE "+m.MyField+" LIKE 'Z%'"

Should work
Jeff

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