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Ramanujam, Could you post more of an example? I'd like to learn how to do this. Up to now I've created a temporary table. Phil --- "Mangavalli, Ramanujam" <RamM@Mvmills.com> wrote: > I use (Mostly for reports) > WITH Temp_Result_Set as > (select column1 as temp_col1, column2 as temp_col2 > from tablea > where column1 in (value1, value2).... > ) > select temp_col1, temp_col2 > from temp_result_set > group by temp_col1 > .... > .... > > I did have some applications where this did not help > and had to create a > temp table or a view. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Naughton [mailto:mnaughton@juddwire.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 9:49 AM > To: rpg400-l@midrange.com > Subject: Re: RE: embedded SQL Precompiler > > > Joe - > I'll be really surprised if you haven't already > thought of this, so maybe > I'm missing something basic, but I think this can > actually be done fairly > easily. > > First, it sounds as if the basic requirement is that > the results of the > first "select" must stick around somewhere so that > they can be available > for future selects. Why not just create a file in > QTEMP, either by using > CRTPF (or CRTDUPOBJ), or directly with an SQL > statement (I guess this > would be instead of creating a view, and I admit I'm > not too clear on why > you might or might not want a view)? Once you have > the file, your first > SQL select can insert into it (can't it?), and if > the file is keyed on > customer number then listing all the customers and > then going back and > retrieving the info is simple using either SQL or > READs and CHAINs. (If > the file can't be keyed for some reason (?), then > SQL would still work). > > I guess a downside, performance-wise, might be the > overhead of creating > the file in the first place -- some of the more > adept programmers on the > list might suggest something fancier using a user > space, maybe? > > Seems simple enough to me (so I've _gotta_ be > missing something. . . . ) > rpg400-l@midrange.com writes: > >On the other hand, here's a feature that would be > beyond either natigve > >I/O > >or the current state of SQL affairs: create a > subset of records from an > >existing result set. Now THAT would be nice. > Here's the business issue: > > > >1. Create a view of, say, invoices that were over > 90 days, by customer and > >date > >2. Subselect out just the customer numbers from > that set, showing them to > >the user > >3. Let the user pick a customer, and go back to the > original result set > >and > >then subselect for just that customer > > > Mike Naughton > Senior Programmer/Analyst > Judd Wire, Inc. > 124 Turnpike Road > Turners Falls, MA 01376 > 413-863-4357 x444 > mnaughton@juddwire.com > > _______________________________________________ > This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries > (RPG400-L) mailing list > To post a message email: RPG400-L@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: > http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/rpg400-l > or email: RPG400-L-request@midrange.com > Before posting, please take a moment to review the > archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l. > _______________________________________________ > This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries > (RPG400-L) mailing list > To post a message email: RPG400-L@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: > http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/rpg400-l > or email: RPG400-L-request@midrange.com > Before posting, please take a moment to review the > archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com
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