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Old 03-27-04, 02:04
ramakrishna ramakrishna is offline
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substitution variables

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I like to know about substitution variables in db2.

select * from employee where deptno=?

i want to supply the deptno at runtime. how to do it

in oracle we do the same like

select * from employee where deptno=&dno

it will ask us at run time to supply value


how to do the same in db2. I tried with & but it is not working plz let me know
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Old 03-27-04, 18:55
sathyaram_s sathyaram_s is offline
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Re: substitution variables

AFAIk, you cannot do this with plain SQL ...

You should be using some scripting or programming to achieve this in DB2

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hi


I like to know about substitution variables in db2.

select * from employee where deptno=?

i want to supply the deptno at runtime. how to do it

in oracle we do the same like

select * from employee where deptno=&dno

it will ask us at run time to supply value


how to do the same in db2. I tried with & but it is not working plz let me know
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