>Try storing your statemnt in multiple string variables, then concatenating them in the SQLPREPARE function. Something like this:

>cCmd1 = "select * "
>cCmd2 = "from authors"
>
>liResult = sqlprepare(iHandle, cCmd1 + cCmd2)
>liResult = sqlexec(iHandle)

Or, if your version supports this syntax:

TEXT TO lcCmd
SELECT * 
   FROM authors
ENDTEXT