Re: SQL for file with multiple formats -- JAVA400-L

Subject: Re: SQL for file with multiple formats
From: Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:32:55 -0500
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Ashish Kulkarni wrote:

Can i write a SQL statement to read data from a file
which have more then 1 formats?
I have a logical file on AS400 with more then one
formats and i need to read this file using SQL
is it possible or not?

Well, I assume you want to get data from similar fields in each format. To do that, you need to execute a UNION, performing subselects from each of the physical files. We need more information to be able to help you.

Joe

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