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ics:sqlexp

Passes a column name and an expression that contains the column name to be used as the left side in the where clause.

Syntax

<ics:sqlexp
      column="column name"
      output="variable name"
      string="string"
      table="table name"
      [type="logical operator"]
      verb="comparison operator"
      [expression="expression"]/>

Parameters

column (required)

Name of the column in the table.

output (required)

Name of the output variable.

string (required)

Value or values to compare against.

table (required)

Name of the table.

type (optional)

Logical operator to use between. Default is and.

verb (required)

Comparison operator.

expression (optional)

Column expression to be used instead of column name.

errno

The possible values of errno include:

Value	Description
-100	Exception error
-103	Invalid table name
-106	Bad parameter value
-406	Bad parameter value
-10004	Missing required attribute

 

Description

This tag was introduced in CS release 5.0. The sqlexp tag is only used to build a where clause based on the given set of parameters. It does not execute any statement. This tag has a different functionality in comparison with its peers: ics:selectto, ics:callsql, ics:sql tags.

- ics:selectto tag is used to select rows from a table based on the given conditions.

- ics:callsql tag retrieves and executes  a SQL query stored in the system SQL table

- ics:sql tag executes any inline SQL statement

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           Example

Here where clause constructed by sqlexp tag is used within the ics:catalogmanager.selectrows tag. This query selects all rows with id=1.

<ics:clearerrno/>

<ics:sqlexp
column="id"
output="whereList"
string="1"
table="ExampleTable"
verb="=" />

<ics:getvar name="whereList"/>

<ics:if condition='<%ics.GetErrno() != 0 %>'>
<ics:then>
Error occurred while constructing where clause
</ics:then>
</ics:if>

<ics:clearerrno/>

<ics:catalogmanager>
<ics:argument name="ftcmd" value="selectrow(s)"/>
<ics:argument name="tablename" value="ExampleTable"/>
<ics:argument name="selwhere" value='<%=ics.GetVar("whereList")%>'/>
<ics:argument name="selwhat" value="id"/>
</ics:catalogmanager>

<ics:if condition='<%ics.GetErrno() != 0 %>'>
<ics:then>
Error occured while selecting rows
</ics:then>
<ics:else>
<ics:getvar name="cshttp"/>
</ics:else>
</ics:if>
 

 See Also

 ics:callsql

 ics:selectto

 ics:sql