SQL Pre-compiler Issue

All

We have a problem with an embedded SQL RPG program that he is writing. The program uses an ALTER TABLE to add columns to an existing table and then uses an UPDATE to populate them. The problem is that the UPDATE statement is kicking out an error as the pre-compiler doesn't recognise the new columns as belonging to the table at the time of the update.

If he can set the GENLVL to 31 to get past the pre-compiler error, but then the RPG compiler fails as the generated CLI code is incorrect.

We know that we can code the statement dynamically to get round the issue, but as a rule we try to avoid dynamic SQL. My question is, should this be something the pre-compiler ought to be able to deal with or should we be looking at using dynamic SQL or splitting the program into two?

Thanks
Jonathan


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