Re: SQL Create Table and Host Variables

Dave,

Why not have a template file created once and when used make a DUPOBJ in the 
required library (QTEMP in your example); similar to the *OUTFILE technique 
used with IBM supplied commands.

And if you want to create a CSV file, why not run embedded SQL and write to the 
IFS directly, putting the field seperators in the proces?

Regards,
Carel Teijgeler

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On 20-9-05 at 11:36 Smith, Dave wrote:

>When I do a:
>
>CREATE TABLE  QTEMP.TableName AS
>(
>SELECT            Fields
>FROM               File
>WHERE            Fielda = :Variable
>) with Data
>
>I get an error message that I can not use a host variable in this
>statement.    I tried it in both embedded RPG and in a SQL procedure.
>
>So instead I've been doing  
>
>CREATE TABLE  QTEMP.TableName AS
>(
>SELECT            Fields
>FROM               File
>) with No Data;
>
>INSERT INTO QTEMP.TABLENAME
>SELECT            Fields
>FROM               File
>WHERE            Fielda = :Variable

>
>Now I get my table with the data I need but I need to maintain my select
>statement in two spots...On the CREATE TABLE and on the INSERT.
>Anybody have a better method of using SQL to create a temporary file.
>In this case I'm using an email package to email the file off in a CSV
>file and then deleting the file.