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----------------------------------------------------------- From: SriSamp Message 2 in Discussion You cannot. You need to use dynamic SQL for this as shown: DECLARE @strSQL VARCHAR(100) DECLARE @au_id VARCHAR(10), @au_fname VARCHAR(100), @au_lname VARCHAR(100) SET @strSQL = 'DECLARE myCursor CURSOR FOR SELECT au_id, au_fname, au_lname FROM authors WHERE state = ''UT''' EXEC (@strSQL) OPEN myCursor FETCH NEXT FROM myCursor INTO @au_id, @au_fname, @au_lname SELECT @au_id, @au_fname, @au_lname CLOSE myCursor DEALLOCATE myCursor HTH, Srinivas Sampath MVP - SQL Server http://www32.brinkster.com/srisamp ----------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this e-mail, or change how often it arrives, go to your E-mail Settings. http://groups.msn.com/BDotNet/_emailsettings.msnw Need help? If you've forgotten your password, please go to Passport Member Services. http://groups.msn.com/_passportredir.msnw?ppmprop=help For other questions or feedback, go to our Contact Us page. http://groups.msn.com/contact If you do not want to receive future e-mail from this MSN group, or if you received this message by mistake, please click the "Remove" link below. On the pre-addressed e-mail message that opens, simply click "Send". Your e-mail address will be deleted from this group's mailing list. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
