how to write the query using 'in' cause in stroed procedures

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hi all,

i am write the query in sql server working fine, but how to implement the same query using procedures.

my sql query like this,

SQL

SELECT RECORDID,AVAILABILITY,EMPLOYEMENTSTATUS,CLIENTNAME,DOB,SKILLS,EMAILID,VISA,CREATEDDATE,LOCATION,CITY+', '+C_STATE as LOCATION FROM dbo.RECORDDETAILS where CLIENTNAME in ('newclient','gdgf','ibm','pp')

now am create the Procedure 'sp_client'

SQL

create procedure sp_client(@clientname)
as
begin
SELECT RECORDID,AVAILABILITY,EMPLOYEMENTSTATUS,CLIENTNAME,DOB,SKILLS,EMAILID,VISA,CREATEDDATE,LOCATION,CITY+', '+C_STATE as LOCATION FROM dbo.RECORDDETAILS where CLIENTNAME in (@clientname)
end

how to execute my procedure, i have only one parameter but how to pass multiple client names in single parameter

please help me,
thanks and regards

Posted 30-Jan-13 1:28am

Santhosh23

Updated 30-Jan-13 1:55am

Aarti Meswania

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Ankur^\m/ · Answer 1 · 2013-01-30T01:42:00

Solution 1

One way is to use dynamic sql. Goes like this:

SQL

DECLARE @query varchar(2000) 
SET @query = 'SELECT RECORDID,AVAILABILITY,EMPLOYEMENTSTATUS,CLIENTNAME,DOB,SKILLS,EMAILID,VISA,CREATEDDATE,LOCATION,CITY+', '+C_STATE as LOCATION FROM dbo.RECORDDETAILS where CLIENTNAME IN (' + @clientname + ')'
EXECUTE (@query)

Hope this helps!

Posted 30-Jan-13 1:42am

Ankur^\m/

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Sandesh M Patil 30-Jan-13 7:47am

Good one

Mr. Mahesh Patel · Answer 2 · 2013-01-30T02:53:00

Solution 3

SQL

create procedure sp_client(@clientname)
as
begin
Declare @Str as Nvarchar(Max)
Set @Str = 'SELECT RECORDID,AVAILABILITY,EMPLOYEMENTSTATUS,CLIENTNAME,DOB,SKILLS,EMAILID,VISA,CREATEDDATE,LOCATION,CITY+'', ''+C_STATE as LOCATION FROM dbo.RECORDDETAILS where CLIENTNAME in (' + @clientname +')'
Print(@Str)
Exec(@Str)
end

Remember that your @clientname must be in below form.

clientname = 'value1','value1','value3','value4'

I mean each value must having single cot.

Posted 30-Jan-13 2:53am

Mr. Mahesh Patel

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Santhosh23 30-Jan-13 10:02am

i tried on this format, i got error procedure pass the too many multiple parameters, how to pass the 'value1','value1','value3','value4' this way

Mr. Mahesh Patel 30-Jan-13 23:31pm

when at .net side i this you concate string using comma (,)
at that time you also have to concate with Single quate ('')

like

string value1 = "Mahesh";
string value2 = "Santhosh";

string str = "'"; ////////////Declare With single quate in starting
str += value1 + "','" ///////Append value1 with single quate and comma
str += value2 + "','" ///////Append value2 with single quate and comma
// now string becomes like this
// "'Mahesh','Santhosh','"

str = str.substring(0,str.length-2) /////Remove last 2 char which is ,' (comma and single quate) while you have written above code in loop.

// now string becomes like this
// "'Mahesh','Santhosh'"

This above string will not give error at SQL Side
try it

Mr. Mahesh Patel 30-Jan-13 23:32pm

if you have any doubt, please place your .net code over here from where you are concate string. and send to sql.
then i will provide some solution

Tharaka MTR · Answer 3 · 2013-01-30T18:22:00

you can pass the clientname as comma seperated string as follows
'AA,BBB,CCC'

split that as a table and use to the IN query.

You can use following table function to split and create the table from your comma separated string

SQL

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[FT_CSVToTable] 
(@CSVList varchar(8000) )
RETURNS 
    @tIDList TABLE  (ClientName varchar(100) )
AS
BEGIN

          WITH CSVCte (StartPos, EndPos) AS 
                   ( SELECT 1 AS StartPos, CHARINDEX(',' , @CSVList + ',') AS EndPos
                             UNION ALL
                                      SELECT EndPos + 1 AS StartPos , CHARINDEX(',',@CSVList + ',' , EndPos + 1) AS EndPos FROM CSVCTE 
                                                WHERE CHARINDEX(',', @CSVList + ',', EndPos + 1) <> 0)

          INSERT INTO @tIDList  
                   SELECT SUBSTRING(@CSVList, StartPos,EndPos-StartPos) FROM CSVCte

   RETURN 
END

Then change your query as follows

SQL

SELECT RECORDID,AVAILABILITY,EMPLOYEMENTSTATUS,CLIENTNAME,DOB,SKILLS,EMAILID,VISA,CREATEDDATE,LOCATION,CITY+', '+C_STATE as LOCATION 
FROM dbo.RECORDDETAILS where CLIENTNAME in (SELECT ClientName  FROM dbo.FT_CSVToTable(@clientname))

Levente Kupás · Answer 4 · 2013-01-31T06:19:00

You should use one of my CLR to split the string into a table, after that you can join for that table and you can keep the execution plan.

CLR-addon for DATE and Split-String[^]

declare @client_names varchar(max) = 'newclient,gdgf,ibm,pp'

<pre lang="sql">select cast(Item as varchar(128)) as CLIENTNAME
into #tmp
from dbo.clr_split2string(@client_names, ',')

SELECT RECORDID,AVAILABILITY,EMPLOYEMENTSTATUS,CLIENTNAME,DOB,SKILLS,EMAILID,VISA,CREATEDDATE,LOCATION,CITY+', '+C_STATE as LOCATION
FROM dbo.RECORDDETAILS rd
join #tmp tmp on tmp.CLIENTNAME = rd.CLIENTNAME

you may join directly the clr, but I suggest to put in temp table first because you can use the statistics in this way.

Naveen.Sanagasetti · Answer 5 · 2013-01-30T02:07:00

Solution 2

check with this...

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/sqlreportingservices/thread/a94d8116-7030-4759-b694-52bf078f8f8f[^]

Posted 30-Jan-13 2:07am

Naveen.Sanagasetti