Substitution variable IN MAXL

hi,
following maxl script is for ASO
alter database APP.DB clear data in region '{CrossJoin({StrTOMbr(&CURMONTH)},{EOP,ABC})}'physical;
above script working if CURMONTH="jan"
but , If CURMONTH= "jan","feb" "mar" then its giving error.
any advice

Thanks Glenn,
I am using STRTOMBR because i am giving values in double quotes("jan")
But,
CURMO is Substitution Variable which i am using it in Report Scripts as well. If i give values as [jan],[feb],[mar], then it works fine for MDX but it wont work for Report scripts.
I have one option to maintain Sub.Variable for MDX separately..but is their any other way to do this

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Hi,
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I am planning to use Current_year & Current_month variables instead of hardcoding 2009 & Dec as I have to use this everymonth to clear the current months data.
If it is allowed, what is the syntax?
Is there any alternative apart from substitution variables?
Appreciate your thoughts.
Thanks,
-Ethan.

You would just use ampersand and the variable name instead of the hard coding e.g. &yearVar &periodVar.
Not tried it on aso clears but in theory it should work as ...'CrossJoin({&yearVar},{&periodVar})';
just change yearVar and periodVar for your substitution variable names.
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John
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Sir, I love the way u write your blogs :)
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Edited by: CTL on Aug 25, 2008 1:51 PM
Edited because the new board doesn't like double back slashes and I can't be bothered to figure out what HTML rule I'm breaking. Now with double forward slashes.

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