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From my original email:
" I need to be able to set an RPG program variable with the year results(2003). Is this possible, if so, please provide a coding example."

Thanks for your input.

Michael


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vernon Hamberg
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 5:04 PM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
Subject: Re: Using MIN in embedded SQL

Ah, Michael - you switched up your requirements on us!!!

I interpreted it as you just wanted the minimum value, not the year that had the minimum value - I think Buck gave you a direction to look.

In both his and my examples, the idea is to get a "temporary" file with the summary information, then do some min-ing or max-ing on that.

It's a fairly general technique.

Vern

On 4/10/2014 2:08 PM, Michael Smith wrote:
Thanks for the suggestion,

"select min(yearcount) into :count from (SELECT count(*) as yearcount FROM macfile WHERE ordyr between 2003 and 2013 GROUP BY ordyr)"

Will this code provide me the year of the "min(yearcount)"... which is the value that I am after, as in this sample data below; I am looking for 2003 to be populated in my RPG variable.
2,003 225
2,004 392
2,005 447
2,006 248
2,007 379
2,008 544
2,009 262
2,010 568
2,011 532
2,012 288
2,013 314

Michael


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