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Server Routine - Custom Build

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 1:41 pm
by Raftsman
Is it possible to code the SELECT statement in the code routine? The help documentation is very limited in this area.

Thanks

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 2:21 pm
by kcbland
What are you talking about?

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 2:32 pm
by Sainath.Srinivasan
You neede BCI routines.

Or you can perform shell calls.

But why do you need to perform a 'SELECT' from a routine?

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 12:37 am
by ArndW
Do you mean a "SELECT" to a remoted database (ODBC, or direct DB connect) or to a Hash file?

Since routines tend to get called often, quite frequently once per row of data, doing any type of a SELECT will be extremely slow - considering the enormous overhead involved in connecting and opening up a DB connection.

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 2:20 am
by WoMaWil
And since DataStage Version 5.x the ODBC coming with DataStage cannot be called by a routine any more. You need to have an own ODBC driver.