Example 9: Select records using the Open Query File (OPNQRYF) command

Complex selection statements can also be specified. For example, you can specify:

QRYSLT('DATE *EQ "880101" *AND AMT *GT 5000.00')
 
QRYSLT('DATE *EQ "880101" *OR AMT *GT 5000.00')

You can also specify:

QRYSLT('CODE *EQ "A" *AND TYPE *EQ "X" *OR CODE *EQ "B")

The rules governing the priority of processing the operators are described in the Control language (CL) topic. Some of the rules are:

• The *AND operations are processed first; therefore, the record would be selected if:

    The Code field = "A"   and    The Type field = "X"
        or
    The Code field = "B"

• Parentheses can be used to control how the expression is handled, as shown in this example:

  QRYSLT('(CODE *EQ "A" *OR CODE *EQ "B") *AND TYPE *EQ "X" +
           *OR CODE *EQ "C"')

    The Code field = "A"    and    The Type field= "X"
        or
    The Code field = "B"    and    The Type field = "X"
        or
    The Code field = "C"

You can also use the symbols described in the Control language (CL) topic, instead of the abbreviated form (for example, you can use = instead of *EQ), as shown in this example:

QRYSLT('CODE = "A" & TYPE = "X" | AMT > 5000.00')

This command selects all records in which:

  The Code field = "A"   and   The Type field = "X"
      or
  The Amt field > 5000.00

A complex selection statement can also be written like this:

QRYSLT('CUSNBR = %RANGE("60000" "69999") & TYPE = "B" +
       & SALES>0 & ACCRCV / SALES>.3')

This command selects all records in which:

    The Cusnbr field is in the range 60000-69999 and
    The Type field = "B" and
    The Sales fields are greater than 0 and
    Accrcv divided by Sales is greater than 30 percent