Re: Testing NotFound in SPL !%#$!!!!
Posted in 1995
On May 3, 8:09pm, Joe For wrote: > Subject: Testing NotFound in SPL !%#$!!!! > > Hi ALL! > > I'm working with SPL from few months and all goes fine (<g>), but I still > have a little doubtful point. The question is: what is the correct way > to test if a select returns no rows? In 4GL, I can test the Status variable > for NotFound value (or test Sqlca.Sqlcode), but these variables don't > exist in SPL (I believe!). I'm workarounding the problem by selecting > a NOT NULL column and testing if the returned value is null, for example: > Help! >-- End of excerpt from Joe For Try making the select statement into a foreach and use a flag. Eg: let flag = "N"; foreach select .... let flag = "Y"; end foreach if flag = "N" -- no record found!! Cheers - Jim -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Gordon DHL Airways Inc. jgordon@us.dhl.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- My opinions are my own. They may vary with time but they remain mine!