You neither need accessing a table nor an additional Common Table Expression
Exec SQL Set :IsJSON = Case When :HostVar is JSON Object Then '1' Else '0'
End;
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-----Original Message-----
From: RPG400-L [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Buck
Calabro
Sent: Donnerstag, 1. Februar 2018 18:38
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Validating JSON Data in a Host Variable
On 2/1/2018 3:51 AM, Craig Richards wrote:
But if you just have the document in a Host Variable, is there an easy
way to validate it?
dcl-s testVar char(1024);
dcl-s isJSON char(1);
isJSON = '*'; // eyecatcher
testVar =
'{-
"message": "Hello!",-
"destination": "world"-
}';
exec sql
with test_json (json_string) as
( values(:testVar) )
select
case
when json_string is json object
then 'Y'
else 'N'
end as valid_json
into :isJSON
from test_json
;
dsply sqlstate;
dsply isJSON;
*inlr = *on;
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