Re: SQL Question

Joe,
I was mostly looking for a concept that I could use. It was not just for the IN function (table lookup), but for other things that could be done using one statement in SQL vs multiple lines of code in RPG.
The solutions provided by Vern and Rob gave me the answers that I was looking for.

I appreciate all the help and suggestions provided.
This list is *the* place to go to get expert technical help.

Jeff Young
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----- Original Message ----
From: Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 4, 2008 12:25:00 PM
Subject: Re: SQL Question

Jeff Young wrote:

What I am looking for is a method to test conditions in a field I have already read from the file (or screen).
Basically a shortcut method using SQL instead of multiple and/or conditions in an IF statement.
ie: Test field Order_Line_Code for values 'MS', M1',MO','LS' ....
In SQL, I can just list the values to test using the IN condition, but in RPG I would have to test each value separately.
I do not know if this can be done, but figured that if it could, than this list was the place to find out.

%LOOKUP works very well for this. SETLL isn't too bad, either,
especially if the codes can change. If you start hardcoding lists of
values in SQL statements, you're setting yourself up for a maintenance
nightmare down the road.

Joe