>>>>Hi All,
>>>>
>>>>I work with Visual Foxpro. I have to use Dynamic Where Clause in my SQL Server queries.
>>>>
>>>>I found two options on the threads :
>>>>1) SELECT * FROM Table WHERE (SELECT CASE ...) = (SELECT CASE ...)
>>>>2) DECLARE @SqlStatement varchar(4000)
>>>> SET @SqlStatement = 'Sql Statement'
>>>> EXEC (@SqlStatement)
>>>>
>>>>I'd like to know which option offer better performance.
>>>>Or is there other options ?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks for your help.
>>>
>>>They are not equal, but 2 is the best, sure.
>>
>>Hi Fabio,
>>
>>You say that they are not equal, about results or performance ?
>>
>>Thanks for your answers
>
>Both
>The second it is more performante ( and SQL can optimize it best),
>but the execution happens in a different scope.
>
>For example if you uses the variable @VARIABILE,
>you cannot be used it directly into the @SqlStatement string.
>

>DECLARE @SqlStatement varchar(4000),@VARIABILE ...
>SELECT @VARIABILE=....
>SET @SqlStatement = 'Sql ...@VARIABILE ....Statement'
>EXEC (@SqlStatement) <== THIS FAIL
>

>You can think @VARIABILE like a VFP Local variable.
>SQL haven't PUBLIC or PRIVATE variables.

Thanks for your help.

Do you know if it's possible to have a progress bar that show to the user the progression of an update or select SQL ?