RE: pass parms to qry400

Yes.  There are two ways, both of which can involve some annoying fiddling
with apostrophes:

1.)  Use rtvqmqry to extract SQL source from the query to a source member
and substitute a variable for the parameter or the entire where clause or
whatever part is most convenient for you.  Use the crtqmqry command to
create the query.  Use strqmqry to run the query.  You'll need to pass the
parms as setvars in the strqmqry command. 


2.) Dependent variables in a query
It's documented in a weird way in the Query manual.  You'll need to run the
query as a query management query alwqrydfn *yes with the parm(s) as setvar
parms in the command.  Here's what the manual says about the dependent
variables:

2.5.3 Selecting Records for an OfficeVision Dependent Column List
 
A dependent query is used in data/text merge to relate the column list part
to the multicopy part in an OfficeVision form letter.  Such a query can only
be 
used for this one specialized purpose; you cannot display or print a report
using a dependent query.
 
In "An Example of a Dependent Column List Merge" in topic 2.5.3.1, a
dependent query is used to print a form letter to customers listing their
purchases for 
the year.  The special part of a dependent query is its Select Records
display.  One or more of the values on the display has a colon before the
field name, 
such as this:
 
         CUSNAME   EQ   :NAME
 
The colon indicates that the query is a dependent query.  It also indicates
that the field called NAME, the dependent value, is in a different query or
file (this 
makes the query dependent on the other query or file).  Pressing the Enter
key on the Select Records display when it has such a colon shows the Specify

Dependent Value Qualifiers display.  On this display, you indicate the name
of the file or query that contains the dependent value, the library in which
the 
file or query is stored, and, when the dependent value is in a file, the
member name.
 
See the book, Using OfficeVision/400 Word Processing for additional
information about how to create multiple copies of a document and how to use

column list merge.
 
-----Original Message-----
From: JGracetri@aol.com [mailto:JGracetri@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 6:31 AM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: pass parms to qry400


Does anyone know if you can do the following.

cl pgm
    dcl &item
    dclf screen
    rcvf screen 
    runqry xxxxx parm &item
end pgm

I do not want the user to have access to the select on qry itself.

thank you jeff G.
 

+---
| This is the Midrange System Mailing List!
| To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com.
| To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com.
| To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com
+---