RE: easier SQL statements in CL

Joel, I typically specify source type = TXT for the sql code I
keep in source members for use with RUNSQLSTM

If you want multiple statements, separate using a semicolon.

Here is a simple example:

-- this is a comment
CREATE TABLE mylib/mytbl
( COL1 CHAR(04),
COL2 NUMERIC(5,0),
COL3 DECIMAL(11,5)
)
;
LABEL ON TABLE mylib/mytbl
IS 'test sql in source mbr'
;
LABEL ON COLUMN mylib/mytbl
( COL1 TEXT IS 'Character 4',
COL2 TEXT IS 'Numeric(5,0)',
COL3 TEXT IS 'Decimal(11,5)'
)
;

RUNSQLSTM SRCFILE(mylib/mysrc) SRCMBR(mytbl) COMMIT(*NONE)

If you have any errors, RUNSQLSTM will create a spool file

Hope this helps...

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stone, Joel
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 1:02 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: easier SQL statements in CL

There MUST be a better method of coding SQL in a CL source member.


Here is what an SQL stmt might look like that I created today:

PGM
DCL &SQLCMD type(*CHAR) len(1000)
chgvar &sqlCmd ('create table qtemp/sqltemp1' +
*tcat ' (fld1 char(1),' +
*tcat ' fld2 char(1),' +
*tcat ' fld3 char(1),' +
*tcat ' clientN numeric(6,0))')

RUNSQL(&SQLCMD)


I recall that others like to create a string with the MSG commands.

Is it possible to code the straight SQL statements with no tricks in a CL source member (like in the old punch-card days to suck in a few data records?) :)

Any method would be great if I can skip all the *tcats, and quotes mess.

In the example below, is there a simple way to copy everything between the "/*" to a source member and run that?

Or any other method to keep the CL together with the SQL commands in the same member - without using quotes or tcat's.


Something like:


PGM
DCL &SQLCMD type(*CHAR) len(1000)

//start SQL
/*

create table qtemp/sqltemp1 (fld1 char(1) ---
fld2 char(1) |
fld2 char(1) |---- would like to run this nice readable SQL command in CL without quotes and tcat's
client numeric(6,0)) ___|

/*

RUNSQL




Thanks!

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