AW: Retrieving identity column value when adding a record

["BirgittaHauser" <Hauser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

You need to distinguis between VALUES and VALUES INTO (what Charles used!)

Values into:
The values into statment produces a result table consiting of at most one
row and assigns the values in that row to variables.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards

Birgitta Hauser

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Betreff: RE: Retrieving identity column value when adding a record



Thanks to everyone who replied.

I forgot to mention that we are at V5R4 so I can't get the value from an
insert statement.

I just want to clarify something.  I saw Charles solution from the archives.
When I looked it up in the SQL reference manual it specifically states the
VALUES statement is only allowed in a trigger.  I am not using a trigger and
doubt that will change.  Is the manual wrong and the statement can be used
from a SQLRPGLE program?

> From the V5R4 SQL reference manual:
VALUES

The VALUES statement provides a method for invoking a user-defined function
from a trigger. Transition variables can be passed to the user-defined
function.

Invocation
This statement can only be used in the triggered action of a CREATE TRIGGER
statement.


Rick

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Charles Wilt
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 11:18 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: Retrieving identity column value when adding a record

Use:
VALUES IDENTITY_VAL_LOCAL() INTO :IVAR

HTH,
Charles

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