>>Hello everyone,
>>I would like to know how to pass a parameter to a view's "where" clause for conditions. For example, in different areas I may have different "where" clause conditions. In one instance, I may have "cField1 = 'x'" and in another instance "cField2 = 'y' .AND. !empty(cField1)". Is this possible? I had attempted the following but it did not work: "create sql view test as select * from myTable where ?x"
>>then before issuing the "use test" I assigned x="cField1 = 'x'". I would appreciate any suggestions.
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>Others have responded to this question and I agree with all of them.
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>You could use an open clause
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>cExpr = "cField1 = 'x'"
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>CREATE SQL VIEW "My_view" ;
> AS SELECT field_list from my_table ;
> where &cExpr
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>This may blow up in your face though. Not having defined cExpr and trying to use the view in a form will error, all the time.
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Except that &cExpr will be evaluated at the time that the CREATE SQL VIEW is executed, so there is no advantage, and in fact, won't be anything like what he wants...