Populating a list from the databse

I haven't tried this yet, but I'm wondering if a list can be dynamic if it uses custom SQL?  Or, working from another angle, has any one used a stored procedure to populate t_list_contents?

I'm going to be adding a constituency to records based on somewhat complex criteria that would be hard to construct in List Builder.  But I would love to use the Manage Constituency report to do the actual constituency part.  Is there a straightforward way to do this?

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  • could you not use your procedure to create a local view or table then slip some easy custom code into the list so it pulls constituent ids from that table?

    select distinct customer_no from lv_stuff

  • Thank you all for the ideas!

    Kevin, I haven't tried pasting my code into the Manual Edit window yet (just writing the code now). I think it will end up being complicated enough that Dale's local table would be preferable.

    But since I'm always a fan of re-using code....  Gary, if you could post/send your report (or at least the SP for it) that would be very helpful!  Sounds like just what I need. (CSI's are going to be on next month's menu I suspect.)

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  • Thank you all for the ideas!

    Kevin, I haven't tried pasting my code into the Manual Edit window yet (just writing the code now). I think it will end up being complicated enough that Dale's local table would be preferable.

    But since I'm always a fan of re-using code....  Gary, if you could post/send your report (or at least the SP for it) that would be very helpful!  Sounds like just what I need. (CSI's are going to be on next month's menu I suspect.)

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