Concatenate String and Pass to FORMSOF?

The following query works perfectly (returning all words on a list called
"Dolch" that do not contain a form of "doing"):

SELECT 'Dolch' AS[List Name], dbo.Dolch.vchWord
FROM dbo.Dolch LEFT OUTER JOIN
dbo.CombinedLexicons ON CONTAINS(dbo.Dolch.vchWord,
'FORMSOF(INFLECTIONAL, "doing")')
WHERE (dbo.CombinedLexicons.vchWord IS NULL)

However, what I really want to do requires me to piece two strings together,
resulting in a word like "doing". Any time I try to concatinate strings to
get this parameter, I get an error.

For example:

SELECT 'Dolch' AS[List Name], dbo.Dolch.vchWord
FROM dbo.Dolch LEFT OUTER JOIN
dbo.CombinedLexicons ON CONTAINS(dbo.Dolch.vchWord,
'FORMSOF(INFLECTIONAL, "do' + 'ing")')
WHERE (dbo.CombinedLexicons.vchWord IS NULL)

I have also tried using & (as in "do' & 'ing") and various forms of single
and double quotes. Does anyone know a combination that will work?

FYI, in case this query looks goofy because of the unused "CombinedLexicons"
table, it is because the end result should be a working form of the
following...
Figuring out the string concatination is just a step toward this goal:

SELECT 'Dolch' AS[List Name], dbo.Dolch.vchWord
FROM dbo.Dolch LEFT OUTER JOIN
dbo.CombinedLexicons ON CONTAINS(dbo.Dolch.vchWord,
'FORMSOF(INFLECTIONAL, ' + dbo.CombinedLexicons.vchWord + ')')
WHERE (dbo.CombinedLexicons.vchWord IS NULL)

Thanks!Would this work for you?

declare @.string varchar(2000)
declare @.searchphrase varchar(200)
set @.searchphrase='do ing'
set @.string='SELECT [Dolch] AS[List Name], dbo.Dolch.vchWord '
select @.string=@.string+ ' FROM dbo.Dolch LEFT OUTER JOIN'
select @.string=@.string+ ' dbo.CombinedLexicons ON
CONTAINS(dbo.Dolch.vchWord,''FORMSOF(INFLECTIONAL, '
select @.string=@.string +replace(@.searchphrase,' ','')
select @.string=@.string +')'' WHERE (dbo.CombinedLexicons.vchWord IS NULL)'
print @.string

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> The following query works perfectly (returning all words on a list called
> "Dolch" that do not contain a form of "doing"):
> SELECT 'Dolch' AS[List Name], dbo.Dolch.vchWord
> FROM dbo.Dolch LEFT OUTER JOIN
> dbo.CombinedLexicons ON CONTAINS(dbo.Dolch.vchWord,
> 'FORMSOF(INFLECTIONAL, "doing")')
> WHERE (dbo.CombinedLexicons.vchWord IS NULL)
> However, what I really want to do requires me to piece two strings
together,
> resulting in a word like "doing". Any time I try to concatinate strings to
> get this parameter, I get an error.
> For example:
> SELECT 'Dolch' AS[List Name], dbo.Dolch.vchWord
> FROM dbo.Dolch LEFT OUTER JOIN
> dbo.CombinedLexicons ON CONTAINS(dbo.Dolch.vchWord,
> 'FORMSOF(INFLECTIONAL, "do' + 'ing")')
> WHERE (dbo.CombinedLexicons.vchWord IS NULL)
> I have also tried using & (as in "do' & 'ing") and various forms of single
> and double quotes. Does anyone know a combination that will work?
> FYI, in case this query looks goofy because of the unused
"CombinedLexicons"
> table, it is because the end result should be a working form of the
> following...
> Figuring out the string concatination is just a step toward this goal:
> SELECT 'Dolch' AS[List Name], dbo.Dolch.vchWord
> FROM dbo.Dolch LEFT OUTER JOIN
> dbo.CombinedLexicons ON CONTAINS(dbo.Dolch.vchWord,
> 'FORMSOF(INFLECTIONAL, ' + dbo.CombinedLexicons.vchWord + ')')
> WHERE (dbo.CombinedLexicons.vchWord IS NULL)
> Thanks!
>|||"Hilary Cotter" <hilary.cotter@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Would this work for you?
>
> declare @.string varchar(2000)
> declare @.searchphrase varchar(200)
> set @.searchphrase='do ing'
> set @.string='SELECT [Dolch] AS[List Name], dbo.Dolch.vchWord '
> select @.string=@.string+ ' FROM dbo.Dolch LEFT OUTER JOIN'
> select @.string=@.string+ ' dbo.CombinedLexicons ON
> CONTAINS(dbo.Dolch.vchWord,''FORMSOF(INFLECTIONAL, '
> select @.string=@.string +replace(@.searchphrase,' ','')
> select @.string=@.string +')'' WHERE (dbo.CombinedLexicons.vchWord IS NULL)'
> print @.string

It's taking me a while to see if this will work. Thanks for the suggestion.
It looks like a good path to take.