Using Presentation variables in Prompt Default using SQL Results.

I have set a presentation variable in a prompt(say 1st prompt). In the 2nd prompt, using default option, when I try to reference this variable in SQL Results, I get this error.
State: HY000. Code: 10058. [NQODBC] [SQL_STATE: HY000] [nQSError: 10058] A general error has occurred. [nQSError: 27002] Near <@>: Syntax error [nQSError: 26012] . (HY000)
The syntax used for SQL is:
SELECT <tab>.<col1> FROM <subject area> WHERE <tab>.<col2> = @{variables.myvar}
Note: However the same SQL works fine in SHOW option.
Thanks in advance..
Edited by: user457687 on Feb 27, 2009 3:13 PM
Edited by: user457687 on Feb 27, 2009 4:49 PM

- OK. In the second prompt, instead of setting Default to SQL Results, set it to Specific Value.
- Then insert '{pres_var}' in the window. I got it to work this way.
- It supplied the PV as the default in the second prompt after hitting "Go" on the first prompt.
Hi, thanks for your suggestion but I don't need to have the value of the presentation variable itself as the prompt default. The variable is a filter for a specific SQL clause and the default is the result of this SQL.
Cheers
DrPlexi

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