BuildSelect
(ODBC Manager Library)
Description: | Builds SQL selection queries using supplied field names and values. Made to be called as a subroutine only. |
Returns: | Text (the SQL query) |
Usage: | Script Only. |
Related to: | AddConnection | BuildDelete | BuildInsert | BuildUpdate | ConvertToDbDate | ConvertToDbTime | ConvertToDbTimeStamp | ConvertToVTSDate | ConvertToVTSTime | ConvertToVTSTimeStamp | CopyRecords | DBDropList | DBGridList | ErrMessage | ExecuteQuery | ExecuteQueryCached | FlushCache | FormatBatchQuery | GetConnList | ResultFormat | StatsWin | TableSynch | Transaction | TransactionCached |
Format: | \ODBCManager\BuildSelect( SelectFields, TableName, WhereFields, WhereOperators, WhereValues, WhereSQLDataTypes, WhereAND, OrderFields, Qualifier) |
Parameters: |
SelectFields |
Required. Text array of field Names to read |
TableName |
Required. May be a simple value or a one-dimensional array. The name(s) of the table(s) that will be queried. |
WhereFields |
Required. May be a simple value or a one-dimensional array. Field names for WHERE clause |
WhereOperators |
Required. May be a simple value or a one-dimensional array. Operators for WHERE clause |
WhereValues |
Required. Any SQL data type. May be a simple value or a one-dimensional array. Values for WHERE clause |
WhereSQLDataTypes |
Required. Values indicating the data type of the insert values. Should be a simple value or an array matching the WhereFields parameter. Refer to Data Type Codes used in the ODBC Manager for a list of the codes. |
WhereAND |
Required. Can be any expression that evaluates to a Boolean true or false. If set to true (non-zero) then the components of the WHERE clauses are to be ANDed together. If false (0) an OR is used between the sub clauses. |
OrderFields |
Required. May be a simple value or a one-dimensional array. Provides the field names for ORDER BY clause |
Qualifier |
Required. SQL Qualifier such as "top 100", "unique", etc |
Comments:
This module is a member of the ODBCManager Library, and must therefore be prefaced by \ODBCManager\, as shown in "Format" above.