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SQL iQuery Documentation - UDF and UDTF
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Published: 27 Aug 2019
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  2. CSV() - Read and Parse Comma Separated Values File
  3. CSV_VAL() Extract CSV Column Value
  4. CSV_XXXX() Extract CSV Column Value as xxxx
  5. CSV_COUNT - Retrieve Field Count
  6. ObjExist - Check Object Exits
  7. DTAARA - Data Area
  8. encode_URL Encode URL for the Web
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  10. FLDLIST - List the Fields of a Table
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  12. GET CPUCNT, CURLIB, ENV, SRLNBR, SYSNAME
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  15. ifsExists - Check if IFS File Exists
  16. ifsFile - Query Contents of IFS Text File
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  18. DEPFILE - List Dependent Database Relations
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  20. Job_ATTR - Job Attributes
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  25. MCHINFO Machine Type and Model Number and OS version
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iQuery.DTAARA - UDTF Published by: Bob Cozzi on 27 Aug 2019 view comments

Retrieve Data Area Data

The iQuery.dtaara() UDTF returns a one row result that contains the data area content, along with some of the data area attributes, such as length and type.

UDF Return Type Description
dtaara TABLE Returns the content and attributes of a data area.

Parameters

Form 1:

iquery.DTAARA( library, data area name, starting-position, length );

Form 2:

iquery.DTAARA( data area name, starting-position, length );

Note: This function uses our polymorphic qualified name syntax.

The first form allows users to specify a library (schema) and data area object name in two separate parameters. The second form allows users to specify the data area name and optional library as one parameter using CL-style qualified syntax. If the data area is not qualified, the library list is searched for the data area.

The library parameter is the IBM i libary (schema) that contains the data area. It can be a valid library name, *LIBL or *CURLIB.

The data area parameter is the name of the data area whose content is returned. In form 1 it is a simple object name (upper/lower case is ignored). In form 2 it can be a simple object name or a qualified object name (e.g., qgpl/mystuff).

The Starting Position parameter is optional and identifies the first byte to retrieve from the data area. If unspecified, then position 1 is used. This parameter is only used for *CHAR data areas.

The Length parameter is optional and identifies the number of bytes to retrieve from the data area. If unspecified, then the number of bytes is calculated through the end of the data area data being returned. This parameter is only used for *CHAR data areas.

Result Set Columns

Column Type Description
DTAARA varchar(10) The name of the data area whose data is being returned.
DTAARALIB varchar(10) The library where the data area is located.
DTAARATYPE varchar(5) The type of data area (*CHAR, *DEC, *LGL).
LENGTH int The declared length of the data area.
DECPOS int If DTAARATYPE is *DEC, then this column contains the decimal positions. Otherwise it is null.
VALUE varchar(2000) The data area data returned begins at the Starting-position parameter for the number of bytes specified on the LENGTH parameter, but never exceeds the length of the data area definition itself.

Example

select value INTO :LDA from table (iQuery.dtaara('*LDA')) da;

The local data area is read and its content copied to the LDA host variable. 

Remember, using SQL, you can cast the resulting value to any length you need. For example, if you store several pieces of information in the data area, you can extract the indivudal parts using the SQL SUBSTR function and also convert the result from a VARCHAR(2000) into some other data-type and length. For example:

select Dec(substr(value, 1, 5),5,0) as compDiv,
 char(substr(value, 11,20),30) as compName
INTO :compDivision, :companyName
FROM table(iQuery.dtaara('datalib/compinfo')) da;

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