RE: SQL question

[Buck Calabro <Buck.Calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>0042.00 C/EXEC SQL DECLARE A CURSOR FOR
>0043.00 C+    SELECT  PRKEY,IDESC,
>0044.00 C+        SUBSTR(PRKEY,1,15) as ITEM,
>0045.00 C+        SUBSTR(PRKEY,16,6) as cust,PMETH
>0046.00 C+      FROM ESP, IIM
>0047.00 C+      WHERE PMETH = 'A'
>0048.00 C+        AND :CUST IN ('      ', '770440')
>0049.00 C+        AND :ITEM = IPROD
>0050.00 C+      ORDER BY prkey
>0051.00 C/END-EXEC

In earlier releases I would say
WHERE SUBSTR(PRKEY,16,6) in ('      ','770440') and
SUBSTR(PRKEY,1,15) = IPROD

but I saw a post recommending
WHERE 2 ('      ','770440') and
3 = IPROD

Why don't you see if the column notation works on your release?

  --buck