RE: SQL Statement to create a comma-delimited file

[Buck Calabro <buck.calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John Finney wrote:

>I have a requirement whereby I need to 
>insert x number fields into a table
>on-the-fly. Now the table might already 
>exist (if it was already created before,
>using a previous SQL statement). If the 
>table does not exist, it needs to be
>created and then populated with 
>certain fields. The fields need to be all
>character (ie. packed converted to 
>char) and comma-delimited.
>
>I was wondering if there was a way 
>where I could execute this in one SQL
>statement and, if not, as few SQL 
>statements as possible.

You can use CHKOBJ to see if the file exists, and CREATE TABLE to create it.
As for the insertion, here's an example:
insert into text (text) (select digits(pnpa) concat ',' concat  
digits(pexc) concat ',' concat digits(pnum) concat ',''' concat 
name concat '''' from master where pnpa = 518)                  

I'm sorry for the preaching, but I think that a "requirement" should define
the problem, not it's solution.  Virtually every time I've been given a
"requirement" of this sort, the project has stumbled badly.  It is not a
good idea to limit the solution of the true business problem before design
has begun...

Buck Calabro
Aptis; Albany, NY
"Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know" -- Michel
Montaigne


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