RE: SQL - Generate Spreadsheet

But in CL you can neither directly receive return values from a scalar function nor execute a select statement.

The easiest work around is: Create an SQL View (in the QTEMP) based on the SELECT-Statement with the GENERATE_SPREADSHEET function.
Define the View with DCLF and then read though this file/view (as usual)

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From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Jim Oberholtzer
Sent: Wednesday, 2 July 2025 19:49
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Subject: Re: SQL - Generate Spreadsheet

Yes I have that example however ACS rejects it with VALUES not allowed there. So the question is how to build the SQL with it so it’s accepted?


Jim Oberholtzer
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On Jul 2, 2025, at 12:03 PM, Michael Mayer via MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Found this example:

VALUES SYSTOOLS.GENERATE_SPREADSHEET(
PATH_NAME => '/usr/query_spreadsheet',
SPREADSHEET_QUERY => 'select order_number, customer, balance from orders where shipped = ''YES''',
COLUMN_HEADINGS => 'COLUMN');

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2. SQL, generate spreadsheet (Jim Oberholtzer)

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message: 2
date: Wed, 2 Jul 2025 11:08:16 -0500
from: Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: SQL, generate spreadsheet

I have this SQL that I stole from Simon Hutchinson, (altered to include what I need) but the last bit is to generate a spreadsheet from the output.

I see the generate spreadsheet scalar function, but the documentation is not clear or my SQL stupidity is coming out. How do I set this up to generate a spreadsheet when run from an CLLE program?

SELECT SYS_DNAME AS LIBRARY,SYS_ONAME AS OBJECT,
OBJTYPE,USER_NAME,OBJ_AUTH,
OBJOPER AS OPR,OBJMGT AS MGT,OBJEXIST AS EXIST,
OBJALTER AS ALTER,OBJREF AS REF,
DATA_READ AS READ,DATA_ADD AS ADD,DATA_UPD AS UPDATE,
DATA_DEL AS DELETE,DATA_EXEC AS EXECUTE
FROM QSYS2.OBJECT_PRIVILEGES
WHERE SYS_DNAME = 'QSYS'
AND OBJTYPE = '*CMD'
ORDER BY SYS_ONAME,USER_NAME


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