JOB_NAME itself is already a SQL Global Variable which includes the current job.
Instead of trying to determine
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From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Jim Oberholtzer
Sent: Thursday, 29 January 2026 17:42
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Set SQL variable from select
I have this statement:
WITH MYJOB AS(
(select JOB_NAME
from table(
QSYS2.active_job_info(
job_name_filter => ’SOMEJOB',
subsystem_list_filter => 'QSYSWRK'
)
)))
I keep getting errors creating the variable MYJOB which will be used a bit later in the SQL. Says end of statement error. If I add “with data” that dies with not expected. So how do I get the results from the query into the variable MYJOB? (Only one row should be returned)
Since I am barely adequate with SQL I don’t see the answer and searching has been of no help.
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Jim Oberholtzer
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