RE: SQL Cursor Row Locate or DELETE

Select *
>From File
Where Field = Value (of in an embedded SQL Field = :value

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rob@xxxxxxxxx [SMTP:rob@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 3:10 PM
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> Subject:      Re: SQL Cursor Row Locate or DELETE
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> ais400com               [SkillTap request for community "everyone"]: What 
> is the SQL statement to locate a row based on a value?  For example my 
> SELECT returns a result set of 1000 rows ORDERED by Item# into a cursor. I
> 
> want to locate the row in my cursor that is Item# ?X1234?.   How do I 
> delete a cursor row?
> robberendt              If you are using embedded SQL, you should be able 
> to do something like delete from myfile where current of cursorname.  Have
> 
> you used cursors?
> robberendt              I can show you some sample code with cursors, if 
> need be.
> ais400com               I have used cursors but never needed to delete a 
> row.  Now just to be clear, I want to delete the row form the cursor, not 
> the phisical file used in my select statement. 
> robberendt              Then DELETE FROM MYFILE WHERE CURRENT OF 
> CURSORNAME should work.
> robberendt              Or delete from myfile where (your select statement
> 
> here) should also work
> robberendt              From the manual:
> robberendt              Positioned DELETE: 
> 
> >>-DELETE FROM--+-table-name-+--+--------------------+---------->
>                 '-view-name--'  '-correlation-clause-'
>  
> >--WHERE CURRENT OF--cursor-name-------------------------------><
> robberendt 
> http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/info/db2/rbafzmstdelst.h
> tm#Header_833
> ais400com               Thank you, that will solve one of my problems. Any
> 
> idea how to locate what row holds value 'XABC'?
> robberendt              Assuming that the value 'XABC' is in a field 
> called myfield:  delete from myfile where myfield='XABC',   to test this: 
> select * from myfile where myfield='XABC'
> 
> Rob Berendt
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> What is the SQL statement to locate a row based on a value?  For example 
> my SELECT returns a result set of 1000 rows ORDERED by Item# into a 
> cursor.   I want to locate the row in my cursor that is Item# 'X1234'. 
> Second question; How do I delete a Cursor Row? 
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