https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/EG-4-2-quot-prompts-quot/m-p/64547#M6506 Is <BR /> <BR /> the need toenclose certain type of prompts (dates, text) in " " when using them in SQL programs a bug or a deliberate change for <BR /> <BR /> 4.1?<BR /> <BR /> It would seem to remove a lot of the flexibility of certain types of prompts, particularly text. <BR /> Where previously I <BR /> <BR /> could pass a formated parameter of 'a123', 'b123', etc and perform actions such as WHERE id_num IN (&amp;my_prompt) the need to use " <BR /> <BR /> " turns the entire set into a single string (it would seem) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:26:53 GMT deleted_user 2010-03-04T05:26:53Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/EG-4-2-quot-prompts-quot/m-p/64547#M6506 Is <BR /> <BR /> the need toenclose certain type of prompts (dates, text) in " " when using them in SQL programs a bug or a deliberate change for <BR /> <BR /> 4.1?<BR /> <BR /> It would seem to remove a lot of the flexibility of certain types of prompts, particularly text. <BR /> Where previously I <BR /> <BR /> could pass a formated parameter of 'a123', 'b123', etc and perform actions such as WHERE id_num IN (&amp;my_prompt) the need to use " <BR /> <BR /> " turns the entire set into a single string (it would seem) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:26:53 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/EG-4-2-quot-prompts-quot/m-p/64547#M6506 deleted_user 2010-03-04T05:26:53Z