Is there an API to retrieve relational database entries?

Paul,

You wrote:

>>> Does anyone know if there is an API to do the equivalent of the
DSPRDBDIRE
command but that can be easily called from an RPG program?.  

I need to verify that an entry is or is not in the RDB table but would
rather not have to output to a spooled file or database file to do the
verify.  <<<

Don't understand why you would need an API.   Maybe I'm missing
something.   In the RDBMS world of DB2, I would say...Why don't you
simply use the "EXISTS" function in the WHERE clause of an SQL SELECT
against whatever table you wish?    You don't have to have any output to
a spooled file or database file, only "trap" the results in your program
and proceed accordingly.

Take care,

Dave Odom