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Charles Wilt wrote:
delete from mytable
where datefld <= CURRENT_DATE - 1 month
and Delete_Zip_File(char(datefld,ISO)) = '0';
Anybody see a problem with this? (hint consider non short circuit
evaluations ;)
I have never used a function in selection, in the WHERE clause,
to implement the desired EXTERNAL ACTION. I have only used such a
function for the actual selected rows; i.e. SELECT UDFname().
AFaIK there is no means to ensure that a function would not be
called in order to evaluate the predicate for every row; i.e. in the
case of deleting a file, I was never confident that any additional
selection within the same statement would preclude /illogical/
invocations of the function.
Of course same reason any standalone SELECT would not be allowed,
but I suspect you were aware of that. As for resolution, the SELECT
can be part of a CREATE TABLE or INSERT INTO, or to effect just one
row for a VALUES INTO just make the statement select the SUM of the
function result against each selected row.
Anyway, the developer is looking at just using RPG RLA to delete
the rows, calling the CL program normally when the date changes.
Nothing wrong with that. However why call a CLP to invoke a CL
command which [effectively] just calls the API to effect the
remove\delete? Just invoke the API to delete the file.
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