to also work for

SET @Filter = 'sydney,new york,boston,tokyo,beijing,athen'

arbitrary length

even i have to agree it'd be best if the data was normalised! As I will only be involved in a change request, I prefer not to interfere with the data and leave the...

double post

after studying some more i have a much better idea now. wow, that's really cool work. thanks.

wow.. that's really good.

can you explain it a bit?