Query help

[Suhas]

Hello Everyone,

I have a query that looks something like this:

DEFINE @VAR_A VARCHAR(6)

DECLARE trsite_cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT DISTINCT AppField
FROM TABLE_1
ORDER BY 1

OPEN trsite_cursor

FETCH NEXT FROM trsite_cursor INTO @VAR_A

WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
SET @SELCMD ='SELECT * FROM TABLE_2
WHERE Field1 =' + @VAR_A +
' ORDER BY 1,2,3;'
END
...
...
...
EXEC xp_sendmail @query = @SELCMD,
...
...

and the rest of the query......

The column "AppField" in TABLE_1 has been defined as varchar. Let's
assume it contains the value: ABCD. When I run it, the query fails at
the SET @SELCMD statement, saying that the column name ABCD is
invalid. It assumes that ABCD is a column name & not a value. However,
if AppField contains a numeric value, ex: 123, I don't get any errors
& the query outputs the desired results.

So, I guess, the question is: how do I make the SET @SELCMD treat the
value in AppField as "ABCD" or 'ABCD' and not just ABCD?

Thanks,
Suhas

[Bruce Loving]

surround the variable in quotes in the string
SET @SELCMD ='SELECT * FROM TABLE_2
WHERE Field1 = '' ' + @VAR_A +
'' ' ORDER BY 1,2,3;'

also you need another fetch before the END in the while loop or you
loop infinitly

[Christopher Secord]

"Suhas" <sg*****@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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SET @SELCMD ='SELECT * FROM TABLE_2
WHERE Field1 =' + @VAR_A +
' ORDER BY 1,2,3;'

assume it contains the value: ABCD. When I run it, the query fails at
the SET @SELCMD statement, saying that the column name ABCD is
invalid. It assumes that ABCD is a column name & not a value. However,

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You need to enclose the value contained in @VAR_A in single quotes when you
build the @SELCMD string. In other words, you need to create a string that
contains single quotes. To do that, you use a *pair* of single quotes. So,
the SET command should look like this:

SET @SELCMD ='SELECT * FROM TABLE_2
WHERE Field1 = ''' + @VAR_A +
''' ORDER BY 1,2,3;'
END

If @VAR_A = ABCD then this set command sets @SELCMD to:
SELECT * FROM TABLE_2 WHERE Field1 = 'ABCD' ORDER BY 1,2,3;

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