Re: SQLRPG - prepare, declare, no cursor

as a last resort, this is where I'll go.

On 4/11/06, Michael_Schutte@xxxxxxxxxxxx <Michael_Schutte@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> SELECT COUNT(*) INTO :HOSTVAR
> from file
> WHERE (FIELD1 = :WHERE1 Or :WHERE1 = *Blanks) And
>      (FIELD2 = :WHERE2 Or :WHERE2 = *Blanks) And
>      (FIELD3 = :WHERE3 Or :WHERE3 = *Blanks) And
>      (FIELD4 = :WHERE4 Or :WHERE4 = *Blanks) And
>      (FIELD5 = :WHERE5 Or :WHERE5 = *Blanks) And
>      (FIELD6 = :WHERE6 Or :WHERE6 = *Blanks)
>
>
> Just a thought, without building a select statement dynamically and doing a
> prepare.
>
>
> Michael Schutte
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> Hey all,
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> I know if done this before, but I'm drawing a blank.
>
> I'm building a dynamic sql statement (variable 'where' clause, could
> contain as few as one, as many as 6 fields to compare in my where
> statement).
>
> All i want is the record count  -  count(*), moved into a host
> variable - so there will be no cursor - only a single fetch of the
> record count.
>
> which of the following steps do I need to run, in order, to do this?
>
> prepare
> declare
> execute
> open
> fetch
>
> I RTFM'd, but I'm not getting anywhere.
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> Thanks!
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