In SQL RPGLE program, I declare a cursor using a view.. The view has name Emp_Pat_Dept_Data(EMPdata) the empdata is the AS400 name. In my cursor def which name I should use. Also for the fields referenced do I need to use the renamed field names in the view definition or I can use the field names...
I coded an update query in COBOL and included COMMIT=NONE so the update could go through. When the COBOL program executed it returned nulls, and coalesced the value to the default. When the query was executed either through qmqry or on-line on the sql screen it worked fine and updated the field...
I have a need to push data from the AS/400 to an SQL DB on an SQL 2008 server. I was wondering if there was a way to do this natively within RPG on the AS/400 without purchasing something. Was thinking embedded SQL or stored procedures might be able to accomplish this. Has anyone done this? ...
I want to use embedded SQL in an SQLRPGLE program to search a file for a field entered in a screen to select data using the LIKE operand. This is my code C/EXEC SQL C+ DECLARE C1 CURSOR FOR SELECT * FROM F0101JN WHERE ALADDZ = :SZIP C+...
Hi All, I have 4 Embedded SQLs in my RPGILE program. Can any one tell me how to find out which SQL taking more time to execute ? are there any commands/methods to find out ?
I am developing an on-line screen program, where the user can select a view of the data from a list of "views". This is my first crack at embedded SQL, Basically i issue the Prepare, declar the c1 scroll cursor, and then open c1, and then do the fetch. At this point I am loading the subfile. ...
what is the max length for an embeded sql cursor name in RPG?
When I use embedded SQL in a RPG program and call it from another program it works fine. But, when I try to use the program as a stored procedure it gives me a SQL error. I have worked with stored procedures and understand them, but have not been successful using embedded SQL with them. Any ideas...
Hi, can anybody tell me how to retrieve a record randomly using cursors...(say 8th record) using SQLRPG(Embedded sql)
HI My flat file contains data copied from a spool file.The records in this file is used as reference to delete links from dir.Can i delete those records in the flat file for which there is no link in the dir(that is the link or text file object has been deleted from the dir) ?I tried using...
Hi I want to use this query delete from abc a where rrn(a) between 1 and 10 in an sqlrpg prog.I was getting error messages saying rrn keyword not allowed.Am not sure how to execute this in an embeddd sql program.
I am successfully using (external) stored procedures with many RPGLE programs. (Some of these are SQLRPGLE programs because they return a result set.) All of this works fine. But if I try to replace some of the RPG I/O in a RPGLE program with embedded SQL, creating a SQLRPGLE program, and run it...
Hi, I'm writing a program to process all the members in a physical file. I've done this using embedded SQL because the selection criteria is quite complex. The physical file belongs to an application which I can't change, so I will always have to deal with multiple members. I also don't have...
Hi, I'm trying to get an RPG with embedded SQL to read all the members in a file. I know I used to be able to do this with an OVRDBF command with *ALL specified for the member, but this doesn't seem to work anymore. In the joblog I get a CPF4268 message which says the file has no members or is...
I'd like to conditionally control the host variable into which the data from an SQL select statement is retrieved. This is for flexibility, so that I can use the same code in my program more than once. Here is a code sample: C/EXEC SQL C+ If :ResultName = 'AgtMaster' C+ Then ...
Hi, I'm trying to replace some long running Query/400 jobs with RPG and embedded SQL. Some of the existing jobs run for almost 24 hours on our machine. I've already successfully managed to reduce a few of these jobs to a matter of minutes using embedded SQL. So far, so good. My problem is when...
I want to code loading a single page subfile through Embedded SQL. How do I handle the page up and page down key in that program?
How to I group the records in the database based on one particular field?? When i try using a group by clause in the embedded SQL, it give me a 'SQL precompile failed' error. How do I handle this?? And i have to display the employee records grouped by their locations... how can this be done??
I am new to AS/400 and we have a project wherein we have to display the records grouped by some fields. Is it possible to write sql statements within RPG program?? How???
I need to get a grip on using the embedded SQL in an RPG ILE program using the word "CURRENT" and I need to know how this works (in laymens terms please.)


