Question

A little outside my comfort zone…

Is there any way to pass multiple values (a list of values) to a query via ODBC Parameters in VB.Net?

For instance, is there a way to create a query along the lines of:

— vb.net has something like Dim itemNumbers As New List(Of Integer)(SomeCount)

SELECT Cost, Description
FROM   MyItemList
WHERE  ItemNum IN (<my list of item numbers>)

Thanks!

Answer 1

Unfortunately ODBCParameter can hold only a single value. It might be easier to do something like this

cmd.CommandText = "SELECT Cost, Description FROM   MyItemList WHERE  ItemNum IN (@Items)"
cmd.Paramaters.AddWithValue("@Items", String.Join(", ", itemNumbers.Select(Function(i) i.ToString())))