Hi,
I'll try to explain how SQL works:
1. When executing an SQL statement an access plan must either be built or at
least validated.
   In the access plan the indexes to be used and temporary objects (such as
hash tables, bitmaps, relative record lists)  to be built for to open the
data path are desrcibed. In this step all access paths (in either DDS
described logical files or SQL indexes) will be checked and the statistics
will be consulted.
2. After the access plan is built, validated and actualized the temporary
objects will be created and filled with data, that can be accessed, i.e. the
access path is opened (ODP).
Both steps are very expensive and should be avoided whenever possible.
After the first execution the ODP will be completely deleted.
With the next execution step 1 and 2 are executed again. If the ODP is
reuseable the temporary objects will not be deleted after the second
execution. (That's why the files stay open) When executing the CLOSE
statement only a soft or pseudo close will be executed. For all subsequent
executions of this SQL statement (at the OPEN statement), step 1 and 2 will
not be executed again, but only the data will be actualized.
When compiling your (service-)program or module with the option CLOSQLCSR
*ENDMOD, the ODPs will be hard closed as soon as the module will be
finished. But for all subsequent exeuctions always full opens (step 1 and 2)
must be performed that will  decrease performance considerably.
When using activation group *NEW, the ODP gets hard closed at the end of the
program, even if the default value CLOSQLCSR *ENDACTGRP stays unchanged,
because the activation group ends.
BTW if you specify tables or views unqualified and change the library list
or use OVRDBF and DLTOVR for these tables or views the ODPs get hard closed.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards
Birgitta Hauser
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Gesendet: Monday, April 09, 2007 18:23
An: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Betreff: Embedded SQL in an RPG *SRVPGM, file stays open
Hi all,
I hope this is the right place to ask this question.  I've looked at the 
Embedded SQL Redbook a bit, as well as archive.midrange.com, but I haven't 
found anything.  I'm sort of making baby steps with embedded SQL at this 
point, so it's quite possible I'm not looking in the right places.
My problem is that the PF stays open after my SQL statement is run, even 
if I add a CLOSE.  I understand from the Redbook that the SQL preprocessor 
creates it own F-spec for each file it uses, so I can see why the close 
isn't working the way I'd hoped.  Is there some way to force the file to 
close after the SQL statement?
My code looks like this:
     P DSRMUNITS_getUnitByAssocUnit...
     P                 B                   EXPORT
     D DSRMUNITS_getUnitByAssocUnit...
     D                 PI                  LIKE(vuUnit)
     D  assocUnit                          LIKE(vuUnit)
     D                                     CONST
     D  errorInfo                          LIKEDS(UTTERRDS_errorDS)
     D* Local fields
     D retField        S                   LIKE(vuUnit)
     D MORE_THAN_ONE_RECORD...
     D                 C                   '21000'
     C/EXEC SQL
     C+ SELECT vuUnit INTO :retField
     C+ FROM   dsp070
     C+ WHERE  vuAss = (SELECT vuVMU#
     C+                 FROM   dsp070
     C+                 WHERE  vuUnit = :assocUnit AND
     C+                        vuStat IN ('OTR','AVL')
     C+                 )
     C/END-EXEC
      /FREE
       errorInfo.errorCode = DSRMUNITS_NO_ERROR;
       if (retField = *blanks);
           errorInfo.errorCode = DSRMUNITS_UNIT_NOT_FOUND_ERROR;
       elseif (SQLSTATE = MORE_THAN_ONE_RECORD);
           errorInfo.errorCode = 
DSRMUNITS_ASSOCIATED_TO_MULTIPLE_UNITS_ERROR;
       endif;
       close DSP070;
       return retField;
      /END-FREE
     P DSRMUNITS_getUnitByAssocUnit...
     P                 E
TIA,
Adam
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