Creating the Definition in C++

All of the steps described in the previous section can also be carried out by coding in C++. This following example shows how this can be done:

Create the IliSQLTable object


IlvDisplay* display; ... IliSQLTable* sqlTbl = new IliSQLTable(display); sqlTbl->lock();

Specify the database tables


IliSQLTableRef refEMP(“EMP”, “SCOTT”); IliSQLTableRef refDEPT(“DEPT”, “SCOTT”); IlInt tblEMP = sqlTbl->addTable(refEMP); IlInt tblDEPT = sqlTbl->addTable(refDEPT);

Specify the joins


sqlTbl->addJoin(tblEMP, “DEPTNO”, tblDEPT, “ID”);

Specify the columns


IlInt cID = sqlTbl->appendColumn(“ID”, IliIntegerType); sqlTbl->setColumnPartOfKey(cID, IlvTrue); sqlTbl->setColumnSQLText(cID, “ID”); sqlTbl->setColumnTable(cID, tblEMP); IlInt cNAME = sqlTbl->appendColumn(“NAME”, IliStringType); sqlTbl->setColumnSQLText(cNAME, “NAME”); sqlTbl->setColumnTable(cNAME, tblEMP); IlInt cDEPT = sqlTbl->appendColumn(“DEPT”, IliStringType); sqlTbl->setColumnSQLText(cDEPT, “NAME”); sqlTbl->setColumnTable(cDEPT, tblDEPT);

A computed column could be defined in the following way (note that the following code excerpt is not part of the example).

IlInt cTOTAL = sqlTbl->appendColumn(“TOTAL”, IliIntegerType);

sqlTbl->setColumnSQLText(cTOTAL, “PRICE * QTY”);

Specify the criteria


IlInt where = 0; sqlTbl->insertConjunct(where,IlvTrue); sqlTbl->setColumnPredicat(cNAME, where, “<> ‘Smith’”, IlvTrue);

Specify the sort

sqlTbl->setColumnOrderBy(cNAME, IliSQLAscending);

Specify the updatable table

sqlTbl->setTableUpdatable(tblEMP, IlTrue);

Generate the SQL SELECT statement

sqlTbl->makeQuery();

At this point, the IliSQLTable object is defined and ready for use. Calling the getQuery member function generates the following SQL statement:

SELECT EMP.ID, EMP.NAME, DEPT.NAME

FROM SCOTT.EMP, SCOTT.DEPT

WHERE EMP.DEPTNO = DEPT.ID

AND EMP.NAME <> ‘Smith’

ORDER BY 2

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