How to pass a comma separated list to a stored procedure?

Question

So I have a Sybase stored proc that takes 1 parameter that\'s a comma separated list of strings and runs a query with in in an IN() clause:

CREATE PROCEDURE          


        

Answer 1

This is a little late, but I had this exact issue a while ago and I found a solution.

The trick is double quoting and then wrapping the whole string in quotes.

exec getSomething """John"",""Tom"",""Bob"",""Harry"""

Modify your proc to match the table entry to the string.

CREATE PROCEDURE getSomething @keyList varchar(4096)
AS
SELECT * FROM mytbl WHERE @keyList LIKE '%'+name+'%' 

I've had this in production since ASE 12.5; we're now on 15.0.3.