IN requires parentheses to delimit the expression it is searching within:

.... NOT IN (#listOfIds#) ...

And use CFQUERYPARAM.  Really.

cheers,
barneyb

On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Dave Long <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to create a page with two lists consisting of data from two
> different sources. The first list is a table of real estate property
> listings that have been processed and the second is a list of properties
> *remaining* to be processed.
>
> First, I obtained the processed listings:
>
>
> <CFQUERY name="GetRecord" dataSource="#DSN2">
>  SELECT MLS_number
>  FROM VPT
>  ORDER BY MLS_number
> </CFQUERY>
>
>
> Next I created a list from the first query:
>
>
> <CFOUTPUT query="GetRecord">
> <CFSET list = "#GetRecord.MLS_number#">
> </CFOUTPUT>
>
>
> To verify that the list was actually created, I ouptut the list to the
> screen with
>
> #list#
>
> Which produced this correct list of processed numbers:
>
>
> 87867 88623 89035 89094 89256 100336 100349 100506 100516 100519 100520
> 100521 100522 100708 100711 100713 100716 100719 100803 100804 100811 100815
> 100817 100868 101042
>
>
>
> Then I tried to create a list of unprocessed listings from the other DB by
> comparing the  MLS_Number to the list:
>
>
> <CFQUERY name="GetResidential" dataSource="#DSN1#">
>  SELECT MLS_Number
> FROM Residential
> WHERE List_Firm = #FirmID# AND MLS_Number NOT IN #list#
> ORDER BY MLS_Number
>  </CFQUERY>
>
>
> This produces the following error:
>
> ODBC Error Code = 37000 (Syntax error or access violation)
>
>
>
> [MERANT][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Line 3: Incorrect syntax near
> '101042'.
>
>
>
> SQL = "SELECT MLS_Number, List_Price FROM Residential WHERE List_Firm = 175
> AND MLS_Number NOT IN 101042 ORDER BY MLS_Number"
>
> First of all, I'm puzzled that it displays the last MLS number instread of
> th first. Secondly, I suspect I need to have the list separated by commas
> but it throws another syntax error if I include them in the CFSET tag. The
> results do not change whether I use single or double quotes or no quotes at
> all.
>
> So far, I am unable to find any other syntax for comparing the second query
> results to the list. Can anyone advise me?
>
> Dave Long
>
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