Adding variables to ad-hoc SQL queries with CL

Last month I mentioned using REXX to build and execute ad-hoc SQL queries. For the sake of completeness, here is the same solution implemented in CL using the RUNSQL command.

The program does exactly the same as the previously describe REXX script — extracts all records flagged with today’s date so that they can be reviewed at a later date. And here it is:

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dcl &date6 *char 6
dcl &date8 *char 8
dcl &statement *char 255

/* First retrieve the current system date (QDATE)                             */
/* and convert it to an 8 character value                                     */
RTVSYSVAL  SYSVAL(QDATE) RTNVAR(&DATE6)
CVTDAT     DATE(&DATE6) TOVAR(&DATE8) FROMFMT(*JOB) TOFMT(*YYMD) TOSEP(*NONE)

/* Next, build the SQL statement                                              */
CHGVAR     VAR(&STATEMENT) +
           VALUE('insert into EXPATPAUL1/INPUTDATA' *bcat +
                 'select * from EXPATPAUL1/PRODDATA where dhdate =' *bcat +
                 &date8)
runsql sql(&statement) commit(*none)

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