Comments on: Creating JCL to execute a large merged file of SQL for DB2 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/creating-jcl-to-execute-a-large-merged-file-of-sql-for-db2/ Wed, 22 May 2013 18:27:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: graybeard52 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/creating-jcl-to-execute-a-large-merged-file-of-sql-for-db2/#comment-53672 graybeard52 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:06:07 +0000 #comment-53672 Well, yes.

RUNSQLSTM is designed for batch use, so it cannot return a result set. You can create tables, views, updates, etc. To use SELECT, it must be inserting the records into a table, which is what I think you want to do.

Otherwise, just put a semi-colon at the end of each statement.

]]> By: jonty walker http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/creating-jcl-to-execute-a-large-merged-file-of-sql-for-db2/#comment-53669 jonty walker Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:32:28 +0000 #comment-53669 Thanks Greybeard52;

That looks like a viable solution to my problem. If I’m reading the WIKI SEARCH on RUNSQLSTM correctly, the length of input file or the number of SQL statements in that file is NOT an issue. COOL! Are there ANY concerns with using RUNSQLSTM w.r.t. the SELECT statement (that you know of) ?

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