RE: SQL Error SQLCOD = -000000303 SQLSTT = '42806'

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> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Pete Helgren
> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 2:52 PM
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> Subject: SQL Error SQLCOD = -000000303 SQLSTT = '42806'
> 
> 
> Using embedded SQL in RPG IV.  V5R2M0.....
> 
> I get an SQLCOD = -000000303 with SQLSTT = '42806' which is 
> telling me I 
> have a host variable that is incompatible ("A value cannot be 
> assigned 
> to a host variable, because the data types are not compatible.")
> 
> OK...that doesn't surprise me, I have some numeric data 
> coming in and I 
> guess that I defined the host variable incorrectly.
> 
> So, two questions arise:
> 
> 1.How can I tell which, of the 11 fields in my select statement, is 
> causing the error? and...

I believe that you may find more info in the joblog.

> 
> 2. Is there an "easy" way to define host variables (or some 'trick' I 
> can use) so that my selected fields from the tables match the host 
> variables I select them into?

Bring the file in as an external DS.  Use the LIKE keyword to define your host 
variables.


> 
> Am I making this too hard?  In Java I can "point" my results 
> to a result 
> set (rs) and then access them using rs.field1, rs.field2, rs.field3, 
> etc.  Mapping the select statement into host variables is a drag in 
> RPG.  Perhaps there is an easier way? I am all ears....
> 

Nope.  OO comes in handy there.



HTH,

Charles Wilt
iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121