Re: Retrieving 1, and only 1, row in SQL

Might look weird, but have a single-record dummy file.

'select * from dummy where exists (Select dbname from qsys2/syscolumns +
                     where DBNAME = ? +
                       and TBNAME between ? and ? +
                       and NAME   between ? and ?)';

As soon as the subquery finds a record, it should stop and the query is
done. You'll get a single record, not of the data itself, just a signal
that your field or whatever, exists.

At 04:44 PM 3/15/02 -0500, you wrote:

>What do you mean by 'where exists'?
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>Alexei makes a good point. Maybe 'where exists' would be better, if it
>works as I hope it does, viz., that it stops as soon as it finds a match.
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