Question

I have a “large” SQL query (like 200 lines)…

dim query as string
query = "..................................." & _
        "..................................." & _
           .... Like a lot lines later...
        "..................................."

function query,"sheet 1"

When I do this, Excel says “Too many line continuations.”

What is the best way to avoid this?

Answer 1

There’s only one way — to use less continuations.

This can be done by putting more text on a line or by using concatenation expressed differently:

query = ".........."
query = query & ".........."
query = query & ".........."

But the best is to load the text from an external source, as a whole.