Re: update query with case statement

Joel,

Yes, this is a common mistake.  StrQMQry strips out one set of quotation
marks when it passes the field value up to the SQL statement.  So, you have
to insert another set - just make sure to declare your variable size large
enough to handle all of the sets of quotes.

Bill


Joel Fritz wrote:
>
> update &file
> set field1 = case when (field2 = '0')
>                      then 'Final Totals'
>                 when (field2 = '1')
>                      then 'Store Totals'
>                 else field1
>                 end

>   DCL        VAR(&UPDFILE) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(20) +
>                VALUE('LIBRARY/FILENAME')
>   STRQMQRY   QMQRY(QRYNAME) SETVAR((FILE +
>                &UPDFILE))
>