>Hi Roxanne,
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>Yes, we're using this technique. But if our where expression would be extremely large? How can we operate in this case? And if we have in where clause something like street="Beacon st."? We can not use a space as a delimiter, we should use more clever approach, that's why I said, it's too bad, MS limited macro command...
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If you're using VFP6 SP3, and the statement is excessively larger, you could create a UDF() on the fly to evaluate the WHERE condition, compile it on the spot, and use the UDF in your WHERE clause.