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Chapter 6. Selecting and sequencing fields in Query for
iSeries
This chapter describes how you select fields that you want to include in your query output and how you
indicate in what sequence the fields are to appear. They appear in a query report from left to right based
on the sequence number that you enter for each field. Query gives you the opportunity to select fields from
all your selected files and from all the result fields defined in your query.
Letting Query for iSeries select and sequence fields
If you did not type a 1 next to the Select and sequence fields option on the Define the Query display,
Query selects and sequences up to the first 500 fields available in your query. If the file(s) you have
selected contains only a few small fields that would all easily fit in 132 positions (the standard width of
printed output) and you do not care about the sequence of the output, letting Query select and sequence
fields for you makes good sense and may save you some time. Selecting only the fields you want in your
query may, however, improve the performance when the query is run.
The Select and Sequence Fields display is shown during query definition if you typed a 1 next to the
Select and sequence fields option on the Define the Query display. You can press F12 (Cancel) to return
you to the previous display if you have changed your mind and now want Query to select and sequence
fields for you. (Anything you typed on the display is ignored.)
Selecting fields and specifying their sequence in Query for iSeries
The Select and Sequence Fields display is shown below with some sample fields from a customer master
file shown in the Field column.
Select and Sequence Fields
Type sequence number (0-9999) for the names of up to 500 fields to
appear in the report, press Enter.
Seq Field Seq Field
____ ACCTNUMBER ____ PASTDUE
____ COMPANY ____ DATELASTPD
____ FIRSTNAME ____ CURRENTDAT
____ MIDDLEINIT ____ YEAR
____ LASTNAME ____ MONTH
____ STREETADDR
____ CITY
____ STATE
____ ZIPCODE
____ TELENUMBER
____ CRLIMIT
____ BALDUE
Bottom
F3=Exit F5=Report F11=Display text F12=Cancel
F13=Layout F20=Renumber F21=Select all F24=More keys
You make your selections by specifying a sequence number from 0 through 9999 in front of each field you
want to select. Use the numbers in ascending sequence. The lowest numbered field is positioned on the
far left of your output (or is the first field in your database file). If you change your mind about the fields
you have selected, you can delete a field from the output by removing the number you specified in front of
it. To change the sequence of the selected fields, just change the numbers.
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