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Using SQL to create basic services

Liam Barry Allan

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Agenda

• Ways for RPG/ILE to return data

• Capturing that data with SQL
• Turning that into a web service by using PHP, Node.js, Python, etc

Node.js
PHP SQL IBM i
Python

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Returning data
from RPG

Return value
Output parameters SQL result set
(Exported procedures)

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Procedure
output
parameters

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Function
return value

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Program
result set

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Pros and cons

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Procedure with output parameter

Pros & cons

Database drivers may

Can have many output parameters
not like output parameters

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Function return value

Pros & cons

Great for embedding into

Can only have one output type
existing SQL statements

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Procedure result sets

Pros & cons

Might choose to write in

Can return many rows
RPG instead of SQL/PL

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Procedure output parameters User de ned function Procedure Result Set

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Examples

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Salary sum
RPGLE function

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Salary sum
SQL statement

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Salary sum
SQL function

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Employees
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Employees
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Employees
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Employees
Result set

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Employees
Result set
comparison

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Employees
Result set
from SQL procedure

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Using the Data

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Mapping the routes

/salary/a GetSalarySum()

/salary/b GetSalarySum2()

/depts/a DEPTS (*PGM)

/depts/b GetDepartments()

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Tech choice

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Node.js
Modules used

Express ODBC

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Demo

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