Re: Using SQL for simple IWS app server
Jon Paris <[email protected]>
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It is behind a VPN Vern - I was just trying to show how awkward it is to have to encode the % signs rather than just include them in the Select template. > On Dec 21, 2020, at 12:22 PM, Vernon Hamberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > That link to ideveloper didn't work, I'm curious to see what you did - of course, I replied with no experience around your question, something we never do in these lists, right? > > Vern > > On 12/21/2020 11:05 AM, Jon Paris wrote: >> Yep - it needs the quotes removed - but when you do that you seem to be left with manually encoding any wildcarding in the URL which is a pain. I was looking for a way to incorporate the wildcarding in the SQL that way the request was simpler. Currently I have to code things like http://ideveloper:10010/web/services/SQL/%25c%25 >> >> Better than nothing I guess. >> >> >> Jon >> >>> On Dec 20, 2020, at 8:09 PM, Vernon Hamberg <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Jon >>> >>> Would it work to use LIKE(?) - so it could generate a parameter for that? TYPE LIKE('?') is looking for a match for the string that is a question mark, seems to me early this evening! >>> >>> Cheers >>> Vern >>> >>> On 12/20/2020 5:52 PM, Jon Paris wrote: >>>> Has anyone been able to use a SELECT that includes a LIKE clause in the SQL when deploying SQL statements with IWS? >>>> >>>> Unless I'm missing a PTF or something it doesn't seem to work - mainly because it does not recognize the ? as a parameter marker when included in a LIKE. >>>> >>>> So SELECT * FROM ABC WHERE TYPE = ? generates a named parameter that can be associated with data from the URL >>>> >>>> SELECT * FROM ABC WHERE TYPE LIKE('?') does not generate a parameter so there is nothing to associate. >>>> >>>> The docs don't help as they don't list any limitations on what the SQL can and cannot do. >>>> >>>> >>>> Jon >>> -- >>> This is the Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries) (WEB400) mailing list >>> To post a message email: [email protected] >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, >>> visit: https://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/web400 >>> or email: [email protected] >>> Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives >>> at https://archive.midrange.com/web400. >>> > > -- > This is the Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries) (WEB400) mailing list > To post a message email: [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: https://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/web400 > or email: [email protected] > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at https://archive.midrange.com/web400. > -- This is the Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries) (WEB400) mailing list To post a message email: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: https://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/web400 or email: [email protected] Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at https://archive.midrange.com/web400.