>>>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.
>>
>>__Stephen
>What if you select NoDataOnLoad? then put a value in cExpr then do a REQUERY()?
>
>Would that not work??

The problem is that the macro will be resolved to a literal expression when the CREATE SQL VIEW executes.