Neoview Script Guide (R2.2)

param-name
is the name of the parameter for which a value is specified. Parameter names are case-sensitive.
For example, the parameter ?pn is not equivalent to the parameter ?PN. param-name can
be preceded by a question mark (?), such as ?param-name.
param-value
is a numeric or character literal that specifies the value for the parameter. If you do not specify
a value, Neoview Script returns an error.
If param-value is a character literal and the target column type is a character string, you do
not have to enclose the value in single quotation marks. Its data type is determined from the
data type of the column to which the literal is assigned. Character strings specified as
parameter values are always case-sensitive even if they are not enclosed in quotation marks.
Considerations
• In the Neoview Script interface, you must enter the command on one line. The command
does not require an SQL terminator.
• You can execute this command only in SQL mode.
• Use separate SET PARAM commands to name and assign values to each unique parameter
in a prepared SQL statement before running the EXECUTE statement.
• Parameter names are case-sensitive. If you specify a parameter name in lowercase in the
SET PARAM command, you must specify it in lowercase in other statements, such as DML
statements or EXECUTE.
• The name of a named parameter (?param-name) in a DML statement must be identical to
the parameter name (param-name) that you specify in a SET PARAM command.
Examples
• This command sets a value for the ?sal (salary) parameter:
SQL>set param ?sal 40000.00
• This command sets a character string value, GREEN, for the ?lastname parameter:
SQL>set param ?lastname GREEN
• These commands set values for named parameters in a subsequent SELECT statement:
SQL>set param ?sal 80000.00
SQL>set param ?job 100
SQL>select * from persnl.employee
where salary = ?sal
and jobcode = ?job;
EMPNUM FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME DEPTNUM JOBCODE SALARY
------ --------------- -------------------- ------- ------- ----------
72 GLENN THOMAS 3300 100 80000.00
--- 1 row(s) selected.
SQL>
NOTE: The names of the named parameters, ?sal and ?job, in the SELECT statement
are identical to the parameter names, sal and job, in the SET PARAM command.
For more information, see “Setting Parameters” (page 65).
SET PROMPT Command
The SET PROMPT command sets the prompt of the current session to a specified string and/or
to these session variables: %USER, %MODE, %SERVER, %SCHEMA, or %DATASOURCE. In
SQL mode, the default prompt is SQL>. In CS mode, the default prompt is CS#.
114 Neoview Script Interface Commands