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PeopleTools Reference: Meta-SQL %SelectByKey

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generates a select statement based on the given record definition.

Remember that a record object (not a record definition) stores both the record structure (table name and field name) and the field values. Therefore, the system has everything it needs to write a select statement: select … list of fields … from … table name … where … key field name … = … value for that field … and so on.

Related: %SelectByKeyEffdt

does the same thing except it adds the effective dating criteria to limit it to the most recent rows.

Examples

Local Record &recJob;
&recJob = CreateRecord(RECORD.JOB);
&recJob.EMPLID.value = &emplid;
&recJob.EMPL_RCD.value = &empl_rcd;
&recJob.EFFDT.value = &effdt;
&recJob.EFFSEQ.value = &effseq;
SqlExec(“%SelectByKey(:1)”, &recJob, &recJob);
WinMessage(“Job Code: ” | &recJob.JOBCODE.value);

Local Record &recNames, &recOutput;
&recNames = CreateRecord(RECORD.NAMES);
&recOutput = CreateRecord(RECORD.NAMES);
&recNames.EMPLID.value = &emplid;
&recNames.NAME_TYPE.value = “PRI”;
SqlExec(“%SelectByKeyEffdt(:1)”, &recNames, %Date, &recOutput);

PeopleTools Reference: Meta-SQL %SelectAll

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Generates a select statement that selects all the fields from a chosen record.

Typically, when you use the %SelectAll, you would use a record object to store the results. That way you don’t have to know how many fields your result will return.

Examples

%SelectAll(JOB)

Local Record &myRecord;
&myRecord = CreateRecord(RECORD.MY_RECORD);
SQLExec(“%SelectAll(:1) WHERE MY_KEY = :2”, &myRecord, “My Key”, &myRecord);

Local Record &myInstallation;
&myRecord = CreateRecord(RECORD.INSTALLATION);
SQLExec(“%SelectAll(:1)”, &RECORD.INSTALLATION, &myInstallation);