if we have a value prompt in a prompt page and if we need to pass that prompt

if we have a value prompt in a prompt page and if we need
to pass that prompt value to a sql used in report, what is
the sql code? give me example?

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if we have a value prompt in a prompt page and if we need to pass that prompt value to a sql used ..

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hi buddy use ?promptname? in sql

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if we have a value prompt in a prompt page and if we need to pass that prompt value to a sql used ..

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You can use the below macro (#prompt("dataitem")#)

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if we have a value prompt in a prompt page and if we need to pass that prompt value to a sql used ..

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Suppose u have a prompt which has country code, u can use
that parameter in ur sqls to filter particular contry's
details.

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