Subject WHERE clause inside stored procedure
Author Steve Harp
Hi all,

I'd like to use a selectable stored procedure but I need to build a
dynamic WHERE clause based on input parameters. For instance,
assuming I have 8 char(1) parameters and 2 of them are 'T', I need
something like:

select the_field
from the_table
where ((some_field = some_integer_1) or (some_field = some_integer_2))

I know I could also do:

select the_field
from the_table
where (some_field IN (some_integer_1, some_integer_2))

My question is, can I either build a WHERE clause dynamically from
within a stored procedure OR can I pass a where clause as a parameter
to a stored procedure?

My procedure might look like:

create procedure spMyProc(some_bool_1 char(1), some_bool_2 char(1),
etc...)
returns (the_result VarChar(30))
AS
declare varaible sWhere VarChar(100);
Begin
if (some_bool_1 = 'T') then
Begin
sWhere = '(some_field = 1)';
End
etc, etc, etc...
for Select some_stuff
from the_table
where :sWhere
into :the_result
do
Begin
suspend;
End
End

I don't think this would work, but how can I accomplish the same thing?

Thanks,
Steve