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  3. March 2009

Re: SQL Issue in CL Pgm

Build the command string separately and pass that as the parm

dcl &cmdstr *char 256 (or whatever)
cghvar &cmdstr (concatenate your command here)
strqsh cmd(&cmdstr)


vlittlepp@xxxxxxxxx 03/05/2009 1:41:30 PM >>>
Hi

Would anyone help me on how to pass a *variable *in *Set* when I try to
do *SQL
Update* in a CL program, the detailed as:

I need to set the date in myfile, when I did the following it works
fine:

STRQSH CMD('DB2 "UPDATE MYFILE SET +
MYDATE = "0305" WHERE MYDATE = '' '' "')

But IF the Date is the input parameter of this CL program, it will NOT
update:

PGM PARM(&PPDATE)

DCL VAR(&PPDATE) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(04)

STRQSH CMD('DB2 "UPDATE MYFILE SET +
MYDATE = *CAT &PPDATE *CAT WHERE MYDATE = '' '' "')

Would anybody helps... thanks a lot!

J

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