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<h1 class="topictitle1">External file description considerations for host structure arrays
in RPG/400 applications
that use SQL</h1>
<div><p>Field definitions for externally described files, including renaming
of fields, are recognized by the SQL precompiler.</p>
<div class="section"><p>The external definition form of the data structure can be used
to obtain a copy of the column names to be used as host variables.</p>
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<div class="section"><p>In the following example, the DEPARTMENT table is included in
the RPG/400<sup>®</sup> program
and is used to declare a host structure array. A multiple-row FETCH statement
is then used to retrieve 10 rows into the host structure array.</p>
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*...1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....*
ITDEPT E DSDEPARTMENT 10
I DEPARTMENT DEPTN
I ADMRDEPT ADMRD
C/EXEC SQL
C+ <strong>DECLARE</strong> C1 <strong>CURSOR FOR</strong>
C+ <strong>SELECT</strong> *
C+ <strong>FROM</strong> CORPDATA.DEPARTMENT
C/END-EXEC
C/EXEC SQL
C+ <strong>FETCH</strong> C1 <strong>FOR</strong> 10 <strong>ROWS INTO</strong> :TDEPT
C/END-EXEC
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