ADO, Stored Procedure, Speed?

Purpose: do a database search with UP to Five parameters(in one string
separeted by *)
Approach: VB code calls a stored procedure, using ADO access method
Questions: where to separate these parameters with the speed concern, in VB
code or SP?
Is it possible to separate a string in SP(which I prefer)? How?
Any ways to make a SP with varying parameters?

Thank you for your comments and suggestions in advance

Sorry for incomplete info. I am using SQL7 server.

[Rippin]

I'm not sure exactly how to solve you problem,
but I do know you can seperate a string (given
a seperator character) into an array. This
works like so:


Dim strArray() as string
Dim vntParameter as Variant
'
strArray = Split("Parameter1*Parameter2*" _
& "Parameter3","*",5)
'
'If you ommit the 5, then you will receive
'as many return values as there are strings
'seperated by *'s.
'
'The value for delimeter "*" can be any
'string. If ommitted it seperates string by
'spaces.
'
for Each vntParameter In strArray
MsgBox vntParameter
next vntParameter




I know this doesn't solve your problem, but
maybe it will help you parse out your string
of parameters (search values).

Hope it helps,
Rippin

Thanks Rippin for your help!

Anyone knows functions or ways to do same things using SQL?