Re: sql to output row as csv string

This still seems arbitrary and unfriendly to me; I seem to remember from my
own testing that you can't run any of the services statements using the
data transfer plug in
it ought to be dead simple to run any random SQL statement - including SQL
Service statements - and have it create a .csv file

I've been following this thread as I still would like to be able to execute
SQL statements by putting them in a source file and then running a plug-in
to produce a csv.
Every solution I've seen so far (and I could well be missing something)
requires me to create a temporary file, or a stored procedure or has
restrictions on the SQL statements that can be run.

On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 11:20 AM B. Dietz <bdietz400@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I put the acsbundle.jar in the IFS and use the /plugin=download to create
a CSV file into the IFS using a pre-created .dtfx data transfer definition.


http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1020552 <
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1020552>

you can also use the /plugin=cldownload to download a whole file or run
some sql with the result into a CSV or xlsx

the below is from the getting started file:

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/as400/products/clientaccess/solutions/GettingStarted_en.html

9.1.17 CLDownload

/PLUGIN=cldownload /system=<system>
[/userid=<userid>]
{/hostfile=<library/filename> | /sql="statement"}
{/clientfile=<path><filename>.<extension> |
/display}

/userid - user id to use when connecting to the target system
/hostfile - Source library and file on the IBM i system for the
download
e.g. /hostfile=QIWS/QCUSTCDT
/sql - specify an SQL statement
e.g. /sql="select CUSNUM,LSTNAM,INIT,ZIPCOD from
QIWS/QCUSTCDT"
/clientfile - Target file location for the download.
The format of this file will be determined by the
specified
extension (for example, .csv .ods .xlsx .xlsx)
If the file extension is not specified or is of a type
not supported, the data will be formatted as a .csv file
/display - write the output to the terminal

On Sep 19, 2018, at 3:20 PM, Jay Vaughn <jeffersonvaughn@xxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

Been searching for a way to output a csv string from an sql select
statement and have found nothing good.

i simply want to take the row selected and output the column values such
as...
"data1", "data2", "data3", etc...

I do NOT want to have to implicitly name and concat each column together

in

the statement... I'll need a function to do that for me.

Is there anything avail to do this?

Jay
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