Re: sql ?

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Mike,

In a message dated 3/28/02 1:29:13 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
Mike_Smith@RGCResources.com writes:


> I have an existing sql statement that looks like this.
>
> SELECT count(*) FROM UPRM WHERE UPSTP IN(0,9999) and UPSST NOT LIKE
> '#%' AND UPTYP NOT IN ('HG', 'PC', 'PE', 'PF', 'PH', 'PI','PO',
> 'PR', 'PS', 'PX') AND UPSTS NOT IN('CD', 'RT', 'SS')
>
> I have been asked to take all the selection criteria and put it in a
> control
> file so that if the selection values change I don't have to change the
> query.
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Sorry to take so long to get back, but I was on vacation last week.  What you
need to do is to retrieve your selection into a string variable (no longer
than 256 bytes), say SQLSTR, and then perform something like this (don't have
the system available right now to test it for sure).

DECLARE CMAIN CURSOR FOR SMAIN
PREPARE SMAIN FROM :SQLSTR
OPEN CMAIN

Then the usual FETCHes and checking for SQLSTS...

HTH,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

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