Re: Using SQL for simple IWS app server

Jon Paris <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.systems.as400.web
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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
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