query returns empty row

  • hi all, please find the following code

    DECLARE @intid as varchar(100) ='''BSEC0002''' + ',' + '''BSEC0001''';

    PRINT @intid;

    DECLARE @qry as varchar(500) ='SELECT * FROM mstinstrument where instrumentid IN (' + @intid +')';

    print @qry;

    exec (@qry);

    SELECT * FROM mstinstrument where instrumentid IN (@intid);

    here exec @qry returns the value of two rows

    but the select statement which is exactly the same query mentioned in @qry variable is returning empty row, any clues.

  • You can't use a list of values in a variable directly in the "IN" clause, which is why you have the dynamic SQL...

    MM



    select geometry::STGeomFromWKB(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  • SELECT * FROM mstinstrument where instrumentid IN (@intid); is equivalent to

    SELECT * FROM mstinstrument where instrumentid = @intid;

    So looking for

    SELECT * FROM mstinstrument where instrumentid = '''BSEC0002'',''BSEC0001''';

    Should be clear why that returns no data.

    Gail Shaw
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  • Thanks for clarification.

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