Re: Alternatives to LIKE in SQL

["Steve Landess" <sjl_abc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Doc-
I have written some code to find strings in source code,
front-ended with a command to allow you to specify
multiple search strings.

It prints two listings:
- a list of members where the strings were found,
- a list of the source statements where the strings were found.

Here is what the command looks like when prompted:

---------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   Find String (FNDSTR)

  Type choices, press Enter.

  Search strings . . . . . . . . .  STRING
                            + for more values
  Source file name:  . . . . . . .  SRCFILE          JDESRC*
    Library name:  . . . . . . . .                     *USRLIBL
  Source member name:  . . . . . .  SRCMBR           *ALL
  Omit Library:  . . . . . . . . .  OMITLIB          *NONE
  Show Commented lines?  . . . . .  COMMENT          *NO
  Mark Records?  . . . . . . . . .  MARK             *NO
  Columns to search:                COL
    From column  . . . . . . . . .                   1
    To column  . . . . . . . . . .                   *RCDLEN
  Submit job?  . . . . . . . . . .  SUBMIT           *YES

---------------------------------------------------------------------

I'm willing to sharing my code, if you're interested in having a copy.

Regards,
Steve Landess
Austin, Texas
(512) 423-0935

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EDoxtator" <>
To: <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 11:40 AM
Subject: Alternatives to LIKE in SQL


> Hey All
>
> I'm going to be doing some mass-scans of RPGLE source, and I'm trying to
figure
> out if there's a better way than using the SQL LIKE keyword.
>
> I was thinking I'd to do Dynamic SQL that looks something like this:
>
>
> SELECT COUNT(*) FROM SRCMBR
>   WHERE SRCDTA LIKE '%<field name>%' AND
>     SUBSTR(srcdta,7,1) <> '*'
>
> This select does two character comparasons, which can't be cheap, and the
LIKE
> has to do a pattern match which is likewise expensive.  However, I don't
know
> enough about SQL to do anything that would be less intensive.
>
> This is part of a set of programs that will enable me to keep track of
various
> versions of our product at certain customer sites.  For that reason, I
want
> this solution to be as automated as possible (otherwise, I'd wumpus up
some
> quick and dirty programs driven through a PDM option).
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> -Doc
>
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