Re: Stored Procedures in RPG

["Jim Franz" <jfranz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

still reading the book, but the redbook Stored Procedures and Triggers on
DB2 Universal Database for iSeries has rpg as well as java examples
SG24-6503-00
hth
jim franz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com>
To: <rpg400-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 11:18 PM
Subject: Stored Procedures in RPG


> Mohammad Tanveer asked a question a week or so ago about SQL stored
> procedures in RPG that piqued my interest.
>
> Let's say as a thought exercise that I decided to design a system where
> programs returned data exclusively via result sets.  This would have the
> portability benefits that are always mentioned when SQL is discussed.
>
> So, I would write "server" programs that returned result sets, and
"client"
> programs that asked for them.  I'm relatively comfortable with writing
> EXEC-SQL statement that actually do SELECT statements, but I guess I'm not
> sure about the syntax of calling a stored procedure, especially one that
> accepts parameters and returns a result set.
>
> I'm similarly in the dark about how the server program receives the
> parameter data and parses it out, and how it builds the result set and
> returns it, although my research so far shows that you basically create an
> array of records, and return it.  It's the exact syntax there that eludes
> me.
>
> So I guess I'm looking for an end-to-end example of an RPG program using
the
> stored procedure syntax of SQL to call a second RPG program that returns a
> result set.  If someone could point me in the right direction, I'd be much
> obliged, and I think this woud answer Mohammad's question as well.  (Well,
> I'm sure it's overkill for his question, but then I'm nowhere near as
versed
> in SQL as he and many of you are.)
>
> Joe
>
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