RE: Multiple Field Manipulation Ideas?

Hi Paul,

Yeah, I did (sorta).  Here was my kludgy way of getting around the
issue:

         SACNT = 1;
         DoW SACNT < 30;
           SACODE = %char(SACNT);
           If  %len(%trim(SACODE)) = 1;
             SACODE = '0' + %trim(SACODE);
           Endif;
           SQLStmt = 'INSERT INTO sswdpsa (SAPLCD, SATLCD, SAKDL)';
           SQLStmt = SQLStmt + ' (SELECT ocplcd, octl'+SACODE;
           SQLStmt = SQLStmt + ' , OCLA' + SACODE + ' FROM ssc01';
           SQLStmt = SQLStmt + ' WHERE ocplcd=' + apos + plcd + apos;
           SQLStmt = SQLStmt + ' AND OCTL'+ SACODE + '<>' + apos + apos
+ ')';
      /end-free
     C*
     C/Exec SQL
     C+ EXECUTE IMMEDIATE :SQLStmt
     C/End-exec
     C*
      /free
           SACNT = SACNT + 1;
         enddo;

It's not pretty, but it did the trick. :)

Brian.

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Morgan [mailto:pmorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 4:02 PM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Multiple Field Manipulation Ideas?

Brian,

Even though you've posted this to an RPG list have you considered a
brute
force solution using SQL?

INSERT INTO ANOTHERTABLE SELECT RECORDTYPE, CODEA001, CODEB001 FROM
PHYSICALFILE
INSERT INTO ANOTHERTABLE SELECT RECORDTYPE, CODEA002, CODEB002 FROM
PHYSICALFILE
.... repeat the insert statement for all the other fields
INSERT INTO ANOTHERTABLE SELECT RECORDTYPE, CODEA030, CODEB030 FROM
PHYSICALFILE

Simple and direct but not very efficient as you're reading through the
physical file 30 times.

You could do a brute force solution in RPG with one READ followed by 30
WRITEs.  Why risk coding problems with nested loops or arrays when the
brute
force method will get the job done.

KISS,
Paul