Question

I have a stored procedure that is receiving as a parameter a list of values to include in a query. For example NY, NJ, CT, PA

In my dynamic SQL query in the stored procedure, I want to select records

WHERE state IN ('NY', 'NJ', 'CT', 'PA'). 

If I use the parameter as it gets to the SP, I would be doing

WHERE state IN 'NY, NJ, CT, PA'.

Therefore, I need to convert

'NY, NJ, CT, PA' 

to

('NY','NJ','CT','PA').

Is there a function to do that?

Thanks!

Hey, I think Kevin pointed in the right direction here. All I need to do is:

WHERE state IN REPLACE(('NY, NJ, CT, PA'), ',' , ''',''')

Or, since I really have it in a variable…

WHERE state IN REPLACE ((@StateList), ',' , ''',''')

Answer 1

Here’s a fun way to do it without a function:

DECLARE @StateList VARCHAR(50)='NY, NJ, CT, PA' --(substitute for your parameter)
SELECT * FROM Table WHERE ',' + REPLACE(@StateList,' ','') + ',' LIKE '%,' + State + ',%'