Re: Net.Data Variable names for join

Hi Phil,

The problem is that there are a total of 974 fields after all that joining.
After some testing, it appears that if I do it like this:

    SELECT a.PERSON1 as "a.PERSON1",
           a.PERSON2 as "a.PERSON2",
           b.PERSON  as "b.PERSON",
           c.PERSON  as "c.PERSON"
        FROM GROUP as A JOIN PEOPLE as b ON a.PERSON1 = b.PERSON
                        JOIN PEOPLE as c ON a.PERSON2 = c.PERSON

then I can refer to the fields as $(V_b.PERSON) instead of $(V3), which is
the way *I* think I should be able to refer to it in the first place.  I
used a Net.Data macro to generate the field names, then copied & pasted the
results back into the macro so I didn't have to key them all.

Once I've finished the design and know which fields I'll be using, I can
eliminate the unused fields.

Thanks for the reply.

Peter Dow
Dow Software Services, Inc.
909 425-0194 voice
909 425-0196 fax



----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Groschwitz" <phil@groschwitz.com>
To: <web400@midrange.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 6:01 PM
Subject: RE: [WEB400] Net.Data Variable names for join


> Peter,
>
> Maybe you have to refer to it by position.  If b.person is the ninth
column
> in the table created by the join, then V_9.  Sounds familiar but not
> positive.
>
> A way around this is to select only the fields you need - not all of them.
> That should avoid the ambiguity.
>
> A great resource for net.data questions is IBM's net.data forum at
> http://netdata.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/db2www/forum.d2w/main and
> ignite400.org.
>
> Phil
>
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