Re: Embedded SQL --> Prepare

That's what I'm doing.  I'm hoping to find out whether
it is permissible or not, mainly to improve my
knowledge of SQL.

PHil


--- David Morris <David.Morris@plumcreek.com> wrote:
> Phil,
>
> Are you creating thousands of tables? If not I would
> just
> use execute immediate and pass the full statement
> that
> would be built using RPGIV's swell string support.
> As I
> recall, you do have to pass a fixed length string
> (no
> varying) to execute immediate. It may not be a hard
> requirement, but I am certain there is a bug related
> to
> VARYING fields and RPGLE SQL.
>
> David Morris
>
> >>> sublime78ska@yahoo.com 02/01/02 09:25AM >>>
> I am trying to do prepare a CREATE TABLE statement
> (code is below) using parameter markers for the
> table
> name and the record length.  I get a runtime error
> that the token ? is invalid.
>
> Have I done something wrong here or is it not
> permissible to use parameter markers for these
> values?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil
>
> P SQLCrtTable    b
> D SQLCrtTable     pi
> D  file                         10    value
> D  length                        3  0 value
> D len             s              3
> D SQLStmt         s            256
> D prepared        s               n   static
> C                   if        prepared = *off
> C                   eval      len =
> %editc(length:'X')
> C                   eval      SQLStmt =
> C                             'create table qtemp/?
> +
> C                             (record character ( ?
> )
> +
> C                              not null with +
> C                              default)'
> C/exec sql
> C+ prepare crtTblStmt from :SQLStmt
> C/end-exec
> C                   eval      prepared = *on
> C                   endif
> C/exec sql
> C+ execute crtTblStmt
> C+    using :file, :len
> C/end-exec
> C                   return
> P SQLCrtTable     e
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