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pbs1313
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Posted - 2004-10-19 : 18:44:29

Hi. I need some help w/ Dynamic SQL for a stored procedure I need to produce. I'm a web dev, and not a DBA, but this task has fallen to me for this project anyway.

I'm trying to update some values in a table and can't get this to work. Ultimately, I will pass in a comma delimited string for @EntryIDList and an int for @CategoryID.

declare @CategoryID int set @CategoryID = 1
declare @EntryIDList varchar(250)
set @EntryIDList= '1006,1009,1034'

declare @finalist int set @finalist = 10

update dbo.ContestEntry
set ContestStatusID = @finalist
from dbo.ContestEntry e
join dbo.EntryVoteSummery s
on e.EntryID = s.EntryID
where e.CategoryID = @CategoryID
and e.entryid in @EntryIDList

What can I do to fix this error?:
"Line 13: Incorrect syntax near '@EntryIDList'."

Thanks.

tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2004-10-19 : 18:54:56

http://www.sqlteam.com/item.asp?ItemID=11499

Tara

nr
SQLTeam MVY

12543 Posts

Posted - 2004-10-19 : 18:57:18

see
http://www.nigelrivett.net/ParseCSVString.html

join dbo.fn_ParseCSVString(@EntryIDList, ',') csv
on e.entryid = convert(int,csv.s)

or
and ',' + @EntryIDList + ',' like '%,' + convert(varchar(20),e.entryid) + ',%'

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