Re: Is there an API to retrieve relational database entries?

This isn't a table in the sense of a database table - it is the list of 
relational database entries - which systems you can connect to. So one way 
might be to try the SQL CONNECT to the name you want to test - or do the same 
with the CLI SQLConnect function. In either case, you can test the results of 
this.

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Dave Odom" <Dave.Odom@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 

> 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 
> 
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