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jept
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 Posted - 2004-09-07 : 11:10:19
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| I have created a program with dropdownlists. The default for each dropdownlist is a dash. Now what I want to do is be able to search information on a database that the dropdownlist are retrieving from. When the dropdownlist are dashes I don't want the sql to take them in consideration. I have 8 dropdownlist so if only one or two ddl are selected with value I just want the sql to just search for only those two that are selected. Is there any suggestions for this quary statement? |
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spirit1
Cybernetic Yak Master
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Posted - 2004-09-07 : 11:21:54
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i think this should be done in gui not in sql server.if u have a sproc don't pass the parameters that are dash and usewhere (ddl1 like @ddl1 or @ddl1 is null) and (ddl2 like @ddl2 or @ddl2 is null) and (...)if it's a direct sql statement ignore them when building the statement. Go with the flow & have fun! Else fight the flow  |
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jept
Starting Member
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Posted - 2004-09-07 : 11:42:53
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| Is there a way that I could ignore them in the sql statement if they are dashes. I have put the selecteditems into variables for the sql statement. Thats basically what I want to do is ignore the value if it is a dash. |
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ditch
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2004-09-07 : 11:53:41
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| perhaps something along these lines?[CODE]declare @param1 varchar(5)set @param1 = '2701'select *from branchwhere branchcode = (case when @param1 = '-' then branchcode else @param1 end)set @param1 = '-'select *from branchwhere branchcode = (case when @param1 = '-' then branchcode else @param1 end)[/CODE]Duane. |
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sql statement with conditions