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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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00282481
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00282527
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When I Try SELECT &MyField FROM MyTable INTO CURSOR curSQLCursor WHERE &MyField LIKE "Z%"

I get a Syntax Error.

If I Store the SQL in a String How to I Execute it? I've tried EVAL and EVALUATE by get Syntax Errors there too, Here's an Example of What I'm Trying to Achieve..

LOCAL lcField
LOCAL lcTable

m.lcField = "Field1"
m.lcTable = "Table1"

SELECT m.lcField FROM m.lcTable INTO CURSOR curSQLCursor WHERE m.lcField LIKE 'Z%'

Where Field1 in Table1 Contains "Zebra" for example.

Going bald fast here.

>Try this:
>
>SELECT &MyField FROM (MyTable) WHERE &MyField LIKE "Z%" INTO CURSOR curSQLCursor
>
>HTH
>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.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>SELECT m.MyField FROM m.MyTable INTO CURSOR curSQLCursor WHERE m.MyField LIKE 'Z%'
>>
>>In the above Statement, it treats m.MyField as a Literal, instead of substituting it for the Value held by the m.MyField Variable.
Aaron Young
Red Wing Software, Inc.
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