Yes, you cannot parameterize clauses in SQL. Use the $-syntax: AND $shows$ Niels
-----Original Message----- From: Bob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: donderdag 23 maart 2006 9:38 To: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: sql server 2k parameterized queries On 23/03/06, Larry Meadors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can you post the mapped statement? Certainly - but it is very simple! <statement id="getPayoutOrgData" resultClass="java.util.HashMap"> SELECT EVENT.EVENTCD, sum(WTRANS.NETSTAMT) AS NET_VALUE FROM WTRANS INNER JOIN EVENT ON WTRANS.EVENTCD = EVENT.EVENTCD WHERE WTRANS.TRX_TYPE='S' AND WTRANS.[FUNCTION]=1 AND #shows# GROUP BY EVENT.EVENTCD, EVENT.NAME ORDER BY EVENT.NAME </statement> I am querying with: Map filters = new HashMap(); filters.put("shows", shows); List ret = getSqlMap().queryForList( "getPayoutOrgData", filters); shows is a string of the following format: (it is dynamically created and can be quite long, but the example which is falling over has just one entry) (WTRANS.EVENTCD="ABC" OR WTRANS.EVENTCD="DEF") ... thinking about it, is that the problem? Can I use a parameterized statement when an entire where clause is dynamically generated? Bob
