Re: External RE: Count records in SQL

Because I notice its XA

Should not have records in MBC6REP if the order was invoiced ...

Did something break? Why not run the COM archive and then manually 
restore the objects to a library from the VTL/tape if you want the data 
"hot."

On 2026-02-17 05:56, Jerry Forss wrote:

> Thank you ALL for your great explanations!
> 
> What I am doing is setting up a purge process for our main packages.
> This has NEVER been done as they always wanted to have all history for 
> ever and ever.
> 
> This has caused several issues, not to say the least Invoice Numbers 
> being reused some 15 years later.
> 
> 1 - Get Purge through date (I have convinced them at 8 years)
> 2 - List all files to be purged and use SQL to determine number of 
> records that are going to be purged using SQL.
> This will also verify that there are no locks on the file as well.
> 3 - Display list file files/records as a verification.
> 4 - If No locks found and continue is selected.
> Create Purge Library
> Loop until done
> Allocate file
> CrtDupObj of each File in Purge Library
> CPYF records from Live File to Duplicate file
> Delete records from Live File using SQL
> Reorg file
> UnAllocate file
> 
> We have plenty of space on our box so no need to remove them from the 
> system and want them somewhere incase
> They MIGHT be needed in an inquiry.
> 
> Again, thank you all!
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Birgitta Hauser
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> Subject: External RE: Count records in SQL
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> GET DIAGNOSTICS ... will only return information AFTER an SQL Statement 
> is run.
> 
> ROW_COUNT: (Except from the SQL Reference) Identifies the number of 
> rows associated with the previous SQL statement that was executed. If 
> the previous SQL statement is a DELETE, INSERT, REFRESH, or UPDATE 
> statement, ROW_COUNT identifies the number of rows deleted, inserted, 
> or updated by that statement, excluding rows affected by either 
> triggers or referential integrity constraints. If the previous SQL 
> statement is a MERGE statement, ROW_COUNT identifies the total number 
> of rows deleted, inserted, and updated by that statement, excluding 
> rows affected by either triggers or referential integrity constraints. 
> If the previous SQL statement is a multiple-row-fetch, ROW_COUNT 
> identifies the number of rows fetched.
> Otherwise, the value zero is returned.
> 
> May be DB2_NUMBER_ROWS would be the better option: (Except from the SQL
> Reference)
> If the previous SQL statement was an OPEN or a FETCH which caused the 
> size of the result table to be known, returns the number of rows in the 
> result table. For SENSITIVE cursors, this value can be thought of as an 
> approximation since rows inserted and deleted will affect the next 
> retrieval of this value. Otherwise, the value zero is returned.
> 
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards
> 
> Birgitta Hauser
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> Architect IBM Champion since 2020
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: RPG400-L <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jimmy 
> Sansi
> Sent: Thursday, 12 February 2026 21:44
> To: RPG programming on IBM i <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Count records in SQL
> 
> What about ...
> 
> exec sql GET DIAGNOSTICS :Rows = ROW_COUNT;
> 
> https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5.0?topic=statements-get-diagnostics
> 
> On 2026-02-12 12:15, Jerry Forss wrote:
> 
>> I have a SQL
>> SqlSelect = 'SELECT C6DcCd, ' +
>> 'C6CvNb, '+
>> 'C6AcDt, ' +
>> 'C6FnSt,' +
>> 'C6B9Cd  ' +
>> 'From ' + %Trim(PurgeXALib) + '/MBC6REP ' + 'Where C6ACDT <= ' +
>> %EditC(PurgeDateCYMD : 'X');
>> 
>> Instead of reading through the cursor, I want the number of records
>> found.
>> 
>> How do I do that?
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