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Josh K
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I have a question on how to do a union in Webfocus. I need to union F4211 and F42119 (limited to one SO# or group of SO#'s). I don't know how to do a union in Webfocus language, but I do in SQL. But after I do this union I also need to do a join with F4801, so I really need to save to a hold file. Can you save to a hold file when using SQL? If not, can anyone explain how to do a union without resorting to SQL?

This is what I have so far.

SQL
(Select SDDOCO, SDPQOR,
SDUOPN, SDSOQS, SDQTYT, SDLTTR_CODE, SDNXTR_CODE, SDSHAN,
SDAN8, SDADDJ, SDRORN, SDRCTO_CODE, SDUORG, SDSOQS
FROM F4211
WHERE SDDOCO = &so)
UNION
(Select SDDOCO, SDPQOR,
SDUOPN, SDSOQS, SDQTYT, SDLTTR_CODE, SDNXTR_CODE, SDSHAN,
SDAN8, SDADDJ, SDRORN, SDRCTO_CODE, SDUORG, SDSOQS
FROM F42119
WHERE SDDOCO = &so);

END

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Kerry,


WebFOCUS 7.6.9
Windows
all output (Excel, HTML, PDF)
 
Posts: 42 | Registered: April 29, 2010Report This Post
Severus.snape
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Hi,

You can use a MATCH FILE with OLD-OR-NEW option in WebFOCUS to get the effect of a Union.
If you want to save the output of the SQL you wrote run a query against SQLOUT file and hold the data to a file...

TABLE FILE SQLOUT
PRINT
*
ON TABLE HOLD AS HLD1 FORMAT ALPHA
END

Then you can do a JOIN on this hld1 file.

thanks
Sashanka


WF 7.7.03/Windows/HTML,PDF,EXL
POC/local Dev Studio 7.7.03 & 7.6.11
 
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Glenda
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Insert the following line after the semicolon:

TABLE ON TABLE HOLD AS HOLDFILENAME


Glenda

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Production 8.2 Windows
 
Posts: 301 | Location: Galveston, Texas | Registered: July 07, 2004Report This Post
Dan Satchell
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Since it appears the exact same columns are being extracted from both tables, you can use the MORE command to concatenate extracts from the two tables:

TABLE FILE F4211
 PRINT SDDOCO SDPQOR SDUOPN SDSOQS SDQTYT SDLTTR_CODE SDNXTR_CODE
       SDSHAN SDAN8 SDADDJ SDRORN SDRCTO_CODE SDUORG SDSOQS
 WHERE SDDOCO EQ &so ;
 ON TABLE HOLD
MORE
FILE F42119
END


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Glenda
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Would this work for you?


TABLE FILE F4211
PRINT
      SDDOCO
      SDPQOR
      SDUOPN
      SDSOQS
      SDQTYT
      SDLTTR_CODE
      SDNXTR_CODE
      SDSHAN
      SDAN8
      SDADDJ
      SDRORN
      SDRCTO_CODE
      SDUORG
      SDSOQS
WHERE SDDOCO EQ &so 
MORE
FILE F42119
MORE
FILE F4801
END


Glenda

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Production 8.2 Windows
 
Posts: 301 | Location: Galveston, Texas | Registered: July 07, 2004Report This Post
Josh K
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Thank you very much. The MORE syntax works. But now I need to hold that so I can convert the SDRORN from text to a number to join with F4801.

I try this and get an error only when I add the ON TABLE HOLD.

TABLE FILE F4211
BY SDUOPN BY SDSOQS BY SDQTYT BY SDLTTR_CODE BY SDNXTR_CODE
BY SDSHAN BY SDAN8 BY SDADDJ BY SDRORN BY SDRCTO_CODE
BY SDUORG BY SDSOQS
WHERE SDDOCO EQ 124847
MORE
FILE F42119
WHERE SDDOCO EQ 124847
ON TABLE HOLD AS PART1
END

The error I get is "0 ERROR AT OR NEAR LINE 29 IN PROCEDURE _ADHOCRQFOCEXEC *
(FOC953) INVALID STRUCTURE IN SUBREQUEST: ON
BYPASSING TO END OF COMMAND"


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Glenda
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ON TABLE HOLD must be before the first MORE command.


Glenda

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Production 8.2 Windows
 
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