Menu Parameter does not work with MS SQL Server

Question

I need to create a “Menu Parameter” from a “List of Values supporting "All" and multiple selection. This parameter happens to be a list of funds. The DB is SQL Server.
We have a stored function that takes a comma separated list of funds as a parameter. SQL Server 2005 does not support array lists as bind parameters to stored procs/functions so we do not have a choice.
The Menu parameter is effectively a bind parameter but I cannot use it directly due to the sql server limitation mentioned above. I really only have 2 choices:
1) Oracle could generate the comma separated list like many BI tools do. This does not seem to be an option but it could not hurt to ask is this is available.
2) Convert the bind variable to a comma separated list prior to passing it into the function. This is what I have tried to do below. This also has a problem in that the @liststr variable goes out of scope during execution. I see the error in the BIPublisher logs. This query works fine in Toad and Aqua Data Studio but fails when I run the report complaining about an undefined variable @liststr.
- Convert bind variable to comma separated list of values
DECLARE @listStr VARCHAR(MAX)
SET @liststr =
SELECT COALESCE ( COALESCE(@listStr+',' ,'') + fgcode , @listStr)
FROM FundGroup where fgcode in ('AOMF ALL')
- Pass the csv into the function
select *
from PeriodPNLNoNAV('1/1/2012', '1/31/2012', @listStr, '')
order by fgdesc

Answer 1

Hi Martin.
I try to resolve this problem ( sqlserver masking) but I can't found the OBE mentioned.
You or anyone have examples about masking MS SQLServer, because in the Oracle documentation suggest that is possible but not "how do it", except the use of heterogeneous services.
Thanks in advance.
D.