>I have a grid with a cursor (alias) rowsource. There are also a few comboboxes on the same form that control the contents of the grid. One of the comboboxes controls the sort order. In my code right now, I have seperate SQL statements for each sort order. I'd like to have one SQL statement using a variable to control the 'order by' section.
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>For example, the following code works:
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>select * from tblgl order by tblgl.tempgl into cursor test
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>The code below does not work:
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>ctemp = "tblgl.tempgl"
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>select * from tblgl order by (ctemp) into cursor test
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>Is there a way to use a memory variable in a SQL Select statement?

Have you tried a macro???
SELECT * FROM tblgl ORDERY BY &cTemp INTO CURSOR test