Re: Using SQL for simple IWS app server

[Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It is behind a VPN Vern - I was just trying to show how awkward it is to have to encode the % signs rather than just include them in the Select template.



> On Dec 21, 2020, at 12:22 PM, Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> That link to ideveloper didn't work, I'm curious to see what you did - of course, I replied with no experience around your question, something we never do in these lists, right?
>
> Vern
>
> On 12/21/2020 11:05 AM, Jon Paris wrote:
> > Yep - it needs the quotes removed - but when you do that you seem to be left with manually encoding any wildcarding in the URL which is a pain.  I was looking for a way to incorporate the wildcarding in the SQL that way the request was simpler.  Currently I have to code things like http://ideveloper:10010/web/services/SQL/%25c%25
> >
> > Better than nothing I guess.
> >
> >
> > Jon
> >
> > > On Dec 20, 2020, at 8:09 PM, Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Jon
> > >
> > > Would it work to use LIKE(?) - so it could generate a parameter for that? TYPE LIKE('?') is looking for a match for the string that is a question mark, seems to me early this evening!
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Vern
> > >
> > > On 12/20/2020 5:52 PM, Jon Paris wrote:
> > > > Has anyone been able to use a SELECT that includes a LIKE clause in the SQL when deploying SQL statements with IWS?
> > > >
> > > > Unless I'm missing a PTF or something it doesn't seem to work - mainly because it does not recognize the ? as a parameter marker when included in a LIKE.
> > > >
> > > > So SELECT * FROM ABC WHERE TYPE = ?  generates a named parameter that can be associated with data from the URL
> > > >
> > > > SELECT * FROM ABC WHERE TYPE LIKE('?') does not generate a parameter so there is nothing to associate.
> > > >
> > > > The docs don't help as they don't list any limitations on what the SQL can and cannot do.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Jon
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