How to pass BIGINT data type values to IN CLAUSE in sql server 2008?

• mangesh.barmate

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  March 12, 2013 at 7:14 am

  #394369

  Hi,

  I have a below query-->

  declare @Rid bigint

  set @Rid =106,108;

  UPDATE Cust

  SET Cust.IsVal= 1

  FROM Cust

  INNER JOIN CustRid

  ON Cust.PlRid= CustRid.Id

  WHERE Cust.PId IN (@Rid)

  Here my Cust.PId is Bigint type and it will not allow me to pass values.

  How I pass @Rid to IN Clause when my Cust.PId is Bigint.

  Please suggest any approach!!!

• ChrisM@Work

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  March 12, 2013 at 7:51 am

  #1596018

  This

  declare @Rid bigint

  set @Rid =106,108;

  generates an error, because bigint datatype holds a single bigint, not a list of them. If @Rid was a character type then you would be able to construct what looks like a list, like this:

  declare @Rid VARCHAR(100)

  set @Rid = '106,108';

  But it isn't, it's a single value. The list for an IN looks like this:

  IN (106,108) for BIGINT

  IN ('106','108') for character type

  There are numerous ways of dealing with this issue. Where does @Rid get populated? Is it, say, a parameter passed into a stored procedure? If so, you could split out the elements of the string into a proper table.

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