Define variable to use with IN operator (T-SQL)

Question

I have a Transact-SQL query that uses the IN operator. Something like this:

select * from myTable where myColumn in (1,2,3,4)

Is there a wa

Answer 1

No, there is no such type. But there are some choices:

• Dynamically generated queries (sp_executesql)
• Temporary tables
• Table-type variables (closest thing that there is to a list)
• Create an XML string and then convert it to a table with the XML functions (really awkward and roundabout, unless you have an XML to start with)

None of these are really elegant, but that's the best there is.