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Reserving a new GUID in SQL Server

You need to generate a GUID (globally universal ID) to use as a foreign key. If the GUID column is not in the value list of an INSERT statement, a new GUID is generated automatically for a column with the uniqueidentifier type. However, the program needs to know what this GUID is, in order to use it in related tables. It is impractical to use RPG2SQL to retrieve this last-assigned GUID.
 
Instead, one can generate a new GUID by using the newid() function in a SELECT statement against a single-row table. Then use that value explicitly in an INSERT statement to insert it into the SQL Server table.
 
For example: For testing, create the table Customer as follows:
create table Customer
(
ID    uniqueidentifier ROWGUIDCOL NOT NULL,
First varchar (30)                NOT NULL,
Last  varchar (30)                NOT NULL 
)

Setting Up

You will need a single-row table to use for this and other situations where a single value needs to be returned. So first create this table or use one that already exists. It does not matter what columns are in it; this example uses a single INTEGER column:
  1. create table singlerow (filler int not null)
  2. Add one row:

    insert into singlerow values(1)

    You only need to do this once.
 
Use following source for the driver command CRT1ROWTBL (Create Single-row Table), the command processor CRT1ROWTBC, and the RPGLE program CRT1ROWTBR that actually does the work:
 CRT1ROWTBL
       CMD        PROMPT('Create Single-row Table')
       PARM       KWD(HOST) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(100) DFT(*CURRENT) +
                    MIN(0) EXPR(*YES) CASE(*MIXED) +
                    PROMPT('RPG2SQL Server IP Address')
       PARM       KWD(SQLSERVER) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(100) +
                    DFT('1.1.1.1') MIN(0) EXPR(*YES) +
                    CASE(*MIXED) PROMPT('SQL Server IP Address')
       PARM       KWD(SQLDATABSE) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(100) +
                    DFT('pubs') MIN(0) EXPR(*YES) +
                    CASE(*MIXED) PROMPT('SQL Server Database')
       PARM       KWD(SQLUSER) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(50) DFT('sa') +
                    MIN(0) EXPR(*YES) CASE(*MIXED) +
                    PROMPT('SQL Server User ID')
       PARM       KWD(SQLPASS) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(50) DFT(' ') +
                    MIN(0) EXPR(*YES) CASE(*MIXED) +
                    PROMPT('SQL Server Password') 

CRT1ROWTBC
       PGM        PARM(&IPADDR &SQLSERVER &SQLDATABSE &SQLUSER +
                    &SQLPASS)

       DCL        VAR(&IPADDR) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(100)
       DCL        VAR(&SQLSERVER) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(100)
       DCL        VAR(&SQLDATABSE) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(100)
       DCL        VAR(&SQLUSER) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(50)
       DCL        VAR(&SQLPASS) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(50)

/********************************************************/
/* ERROR HANDLING VARIABLES                             */
/********************************************************/
       DCL        VAR(&ERRORSW) TYPE(*LGL) /* Std err */
       DCL        VAR(&MSGID) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(7) /* Std err */
       DCL        VAR(&MSGDTA) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(100) /* Std err */
       DCL        VAR(&MSGF) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10) /* Std err */
       DCL        VAR(&MSGFLIB) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10) /* Std err */
       DCL        VAR(&TXT1ST) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(100) /* Std err */
       DCL        VAR(&TXT2ND) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(100) /* Std err */
       MONMSG     MSGID(CPF0000) EXEC(GOTO CMDLBL(STDERR1))

/***************************************************************/
/* Get current PC IP address if passed in.                     */
/***************************************************************/
       IF         COND(&IPADDR *EQ *CURRENT) THEN(DO)
       RSQIP      IPADDR(&IPADDR)
       ENDDO

/***************************************************************/
/* Call program to write to SQL Server Table                   */
/***************************************************************/
       CALL       PGM(CRT1ROWTBR) PARM(&IPADDR &SQLSERVER +
                    &SQLDATABSE &SQLUSER &SQLPASS)

/*******************************************************************/
/* HANDLE ERRORS                                                   */
/*******************************************************************/
STDERR1:               /* Standard error handling routine */
       IF         &ERRORSW SNDPGMMSG MSGID(CPF9999) +
                    MSGF(QCPFMSG) MSGTYPE(*ESCAPE) /* Func chk */
       CHGVAR     &ERRORSW '1' /* Set to fail ir error occurs */
STDERR2:    RCVMSG     MSGTYPE(*DIAG) MSGDTA(&MSGDTA) MSGID(&MSGID) +
                    MSGF(&MSGF) MSGFLIB(&MSGFLIB)
       IF         (&MSGID *EQ '       ') GOTO STDERR3
       SNDPGMMSG  MSGID(&MSGID) MSGF(&MSGFLIB/&MSGF) +
                    MSGDTA(&MSGDTA) MSGTYPE(*DIAG)
       GOTO       STDERR2 /* Loop back for addl diagnostics */
STDERR3:    RCVMSG     MSGTYPE(*EXCP) MSGDTA(&MSGDTA) MSGID(&MSGID) +
                    MSGF(&MSGF) MSGFLIB(&MSGFLIB)
       IF         (&MSGID *EQ '       ') GOTO STDERR4
       SNDPGMMSG  MSGID(&MSGID) MSGF(&MSGFLIB/&MSGF) +
                    MSGDTA(&MSGDTA) MSGTYPE(*ESCAPE)
       GOTO       STDERR3 /* Loop back for addl exceptions */
STDERR4:    RCVMSG     MSGTYPE(*INFO) MSG(&TXT1ST) SECLVL(&TXT2ND) +
                    MSGDTA(&MSGDTA) MSGID(&MSGID) MSGF(&MSGF) +
                    MSGFLIB(&MSGFLIB)
       IF         (&TXT1ST *EQ '       ') GOTO STDERR5
       SNDPGMMSG  MSG(&TXT1ST) MSGTYPE(*INFO)
       GOTO       STDERR4 /* Loop back for addl info msgs */
STDERR5:    RCVMSG     MSGTYPE(*COMP) MSG(&TXT1ST) SECLVL(&TXT2ND) +
                    MSGDTA(&MSGDTA) MSGID(&MSGID) MSGF(&MSGF) +
                    MSGFLIB(&MSGFLIB)
       IF         (&MSGID *EQ '       ') RETURN
       SNDPGMMSG  MSGID(&MSGID) MSGF(&MSGFLIB/&MSGF) +
                    MSGDTA(&MSGDTA) MSGTYPE(*COMP)
       GOTO       STDERR5 /* Loop back for addl comp msgs */

       ENDPGM 

CRT1ROWTBR
 H BNDDIR('RJSRPGSQL':'QC2LE') DFTACTGRP(*NO) ACTGRP(*NEW)
*********************************************************************
* Program Name: GUIDCREATR
* Purpose:
*  1) Connects to a RPG2SQL server using specified IP address.
*  2) Opens database connection to SQL Server database: 'pubs'.
*  3) Creates a New SQL Server Table: singlerow in 'pubs' database.
*  4) Inserts a single record into singlerow.
*  5) Closes ADO connection.
*  6) Closes RPGSQL server connection.
*
*  Note: This sample does no error checking. In your own code you
*        will need to check the return codes and last error by
*        using the last error return info returned by the
*        SQL_LastErrNum, SQL_LastErrMsg or SQL_LastFullErr message.
*
*********************************************************************
/COPY SOURCE,RPGSQLH
 D quot            S              1         INZ('''')

*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Main Program Processing
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 C     *ENTRY        PLIST
 C                   PARM                    IPADDR          100
 C                   PARM                    SQLSERVER       100
 C                   PARM                    SQLDATABSE      100
 C                   PARM                    SQLUSER          50
 C                   PARM                    SQLPASS          50

*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Connect to RPG/SQL Server
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 C*                  ** Connect to RPG SQL Server
 C                   Eval      SQL_Socket = SQL_Connect(%TRIM(IPADDR))

 C*                  ** Exit with Error Return - TCP Server Connect
 C                   If        SQL_Socket = -999
 C                   Eval      Rtn = -1
 C                   Eval      *INLR = *On
 C                   Return
 C                   Endif

*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Open ADO SQL Server Database Connection
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

*                  ** Open SQL Server Connection
 C                   Eval      Rtn = SQL_DBOpenConn(SQL_Socket:
 C                             'Driver={SQL Server}; ' +
 C                             'Server='   + %TRIMR(SQLSERVER) + ';' +
 C                             'Database=' + %TRIMR(SQLDATABSE) + ';' +
 C                             'Uid='      + %TRIMR(SQLUSER) + ';' +
 C                             'Pwd='      + %TRIMR(SQLPASS) + ';')

 C*                  ** Exit after Error Return
 C                   If        Rtn <> 0
 C                   Eval      *INLR = *On
 C                   Return
 C                   Endif
*
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Create SQL Server table: singlerow
* ** We ignore table creation errors. If the table already exists,
*    we will be adding to the existing table.
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 C                   Eval      Rtn = SQL_RunSQLExec(SQL_Socket:
 C                             'create table singlerow ' +
 c                             '(filler int not null)')

*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
*                  ** Run query to insert 1 record into SQL Server
*                     table: singlerow.
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 C                   Eval      Rtn = SQL_RunSQLExec(SQL_Socket:
 C                             'insert into singlerow ' +
 c                             'values(1)')

*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Close ADO Database Conection
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 C                   callp     SQL_DBCloseConn(SQL_Socket)

*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 C* Disconnect from RPGSQL server
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 C                   callp     SQL_Disconnect(SQL_Socket)

 C                   SETON                                        LR

Getting a new GUID

To get a GUID back to your RPG program:
 
  1. Execute the following SELECT statement:

    select newid() from singlerow

    newid() will return a 38-character string value  which is the new reserved GUID.
  2. Use this as a value for a column with the uniqueidentifier data type:

    insert into Customer (ID, First, Last) values(NewID, 'John', 'Doe')
 
Use the following source for the driver command INSNEWGUID (Insert New GUID in SQL Server), the command processor INSNEWUIDC, and the RPGLE program INSNEWUIDR that actually does the work:
INSNEWGUID
       CMD        PROMPT('Insert New GUID in SQL Server')
       PARM       KWD(HOST) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(100) DFT(*CURRENT) +
                    MIN(0) EXPR(*YES) CASE(*MIXED) +
                    PROMPT('RPG2SQL Server IP Address')
       PARM       KWD(SQLSERVER) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(100) +
                    DFT('1.1.1.1') MIN(0) EXPR(*YES) +
                    CASE(*MIXED) PROMPT('SQL Server IP Address')
       PARM       KWD(SQLDATABSE) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(100) +
                    DFT('pubs') MIN(0) EXPR(*YES) +
                    CASE(*MIXED) PROMPT('SQL Server Database')
       PARM       KWD(SQLUSER) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(50) DFT('sa') +
                    MIN(0) EXPR(*YES) CASE(*MIXED) +
                    PROMPT('SQL Server User ID')
       PARM       KWD(SQLPASS) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(50) DFT(' ') +
                    MIN(0) EXPR(*YES) CASE(*MIXED) +
                    PROMPT('SQL Server Password') 

INSNEWUIDC
       PGM        PARM(&IPADDR &SQLSERVER &SQLDATABSE &SQLUSER +
                    &SQLPASS)

       DCL        VAR(&IPADDR) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(100)
       DCL        VAR(&SQLSERVER) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(100)
       DCL        VAR(&SQLDATABSE) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(100)
       DCL        VAR(&SQLUSER) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(50)
       DCL        VAR(&SQLPASS) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(50)

/********************************************************/
/* ERROR HANDLING VARIABLES                             */
/********************************************************/
       DCL        VAR(&ERRORSW) TYPE(*LGL) /* Std err */
       DCL        VAR(&MSGID) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(7) /* Std err */
       DCL        VAR(&MSGDTA) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(100) /* Std err */
       DCL        VAR(&MSGF) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10) /* Std err */
       DCL        VAR(&MSGFLIB) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10) /* Std err */
       DCL        VAR(&TXT1ST) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(100) /* Std err */
       DCL        VAR(&TXT2ND) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(100) /* Std err */
       MONMSG     MSGID(CPF0000) EXEC(GOTO CMDLBL(STDERR1))

/***************************************************************/
/* Get current PC IP address if passed in.                     */
/***************************************************************/
       IF         COND(&IPADDR *EQ *CURRENT) THEN(DO)
       RSQIP      IPADDR(&IPADDR)
       ENDDO

/***************************************************************/
/* Call program to write to SQL Server Table                   */
/***************************************************************/
       CALL       PGM(INSNEWUIDR) PARM(&IPADDR &SQLSERVER +
                    &SQLDATABSE &SQLUSER &SQLPASS)

/*******************************************************************/
/* HANDLE ERRORS                                                   */
/*******************************************************************/
STDERR1:               /* Standard error handling routine */
       IF         &ERRORSW SNDPGMMSG MSGID(CPF9999) +
                    MSGF(QCPFMSG) MSGTYPE(*ESCAPE) /* Func chk */
       CHGVAR     &ERRORSW '1' /* Set to fail ir error occurs */
STDERR2:    RCVMSG     MSGTYPE(*DIAG) MSGDTA(&MSGDTA) MSGID(&MSGID) +
                    MSGF(&MSGF) MSGFLIB(&MSGFLIB)
       IF         (&MSGID *EQ '       ') GOTO STDERR3
       SNDPGMMSG  MSGID(&MSGID) MSGF(&MSGFLIB/&MSGF) +
                    MSGDTA(&MSGDTA) MSGTYPE(*DIAG)
       GOTO       STDERR2 /* Loop back for addl diagnostics */
STDERR3:    RCVMSG     MSGTYPE(*EXCP) MSGDTA(&MSGDTA) MSGID(&MSGID) +
                    MSGF(&MSGF) MSGFLIB(&MSGFLIB)
       IF         (&MSGID *EQ '       ') GOTO STDERR4
       SNDPGMMSG  MSGID(&MSGID) MSGF(&MSGFLIB/&MSGF) +
                    MSGDTA(&MSGDTA) MSGTYPE(*ESCAPE)
       GOTO       STDERR3 /* Loop back for addl exceptions */
STDERR4:    RCVMSG     MSGTYPE(*INFO) MSG(&TXT1ST) SECLVL(&TXT2ND) +
                    MSGDTA(&MSGDTA) MSGID(&MSGID) MSGF(&MSGF) +
                    MSGFLIB(&MSGFLIB)
       IF         (&TXT1ST *EQ '       ') GOTO STDERR5
       SNDPGMMSG  MSG(&TXT1ST) MSGTYPE(*INFO)
       GOTO       STDERR4 /* Loop back for addl info msgs */
STDERR5:    RCVMSG     MSGTYPE(*COMP) MSG(&TXT1ST) SECLVL(&TXT2ND) +
                    MSGDTA(&MSGDTA) MSGID(&MSGID) MSGF(&MSGF) +
                    MSGFLIB(&MSGFLIB)
       IF         (&MSGID *EQ '       ') RETURN
       SNDPGMMSG  MSGID(&MSGID) MSGF(&MSGFLIB/&MSGF) +
                    MSGDTA(&MSGDTA) MSGTYPE(*COMP)
       GOTO       STDERR5 /* Loop back for addl comp msgs */

       ENDPGM 

INSNEWUIDR
 H BNDDIR('RJSRPGSQL':'QC2LE') DFTACTGRP(*NO) ACTGRP(*NEW)
*********************************************************************
* Program Name: INSNEWUIDR
* Purpose:
*  1) Connects to a RPG2SQL server using specified IP address.
*  2) Opens database connection to SQL Server database: 'pubs'.
*  3) Gets new GUID using SQL Server Table: singlerow in 'pubs' database.
*  4) Inserts record with reserved GUID into Customer table.
*  5) Closes ADO connection.
*  6) Closes RPGSQL server connection.
*
*  Note: This sample does no error checking. In your own code you
*        will need to check the return codes and last error by
*        using the last error return info returned by the
*        SQL_LastErrNum, SQL_LastErrMsg or SQL_LastFullErr message.
*
*********************************************************************
/COPY SOURCE,RPGSQLH
 D quot            S              1         INZ('''')

*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Main Program Processing
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 D ID              S             38A

 C     *ENTRY        PLIST
 C                   PARM                    IPADDR          100
 C                   PARM                    SQLSERVER       100
 C                   PARM                    SQLDATABSE      100
 C                   PARM                    SQLUSER          50
 C                   PARM                    SQLPASS          50

*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Connect to RPG/SQL Server
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 C*                  ** Connect to RPG SQL Server
 C                   Eval      SQL_Socket = SQL_Connect(%TRIM(IPADDR))

 C*                  ** Exit with Error Return - TCP Server Connect
 C                   If        SQL_Socket = -999
 C                   Eval      Rtn = -1
 C                   Eval      *INLR = *On
 C                   Return
 C                   Endif

*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Open ADO SQL Server Database Write Connection
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

*                  ** Open SQL Server Connection
 C                   Eval      Rtn = SQL_DBOpenConn(SQL_Socket:
 C                             'Driver={SQL Server}; ' +
 C                             'Server='   + %TRIMR(SQLSERVER) + ';' +
 C                             'Database=' + %TRIMR(SQLDATABSE) + ';' +
 C                             'Uid='      + %TRIMR(SQLUSER) + ';' +
 C                             'Pwd='      + %TRIMR(SQLPASS) + ';')

 C*                  ** Exit after Error Return
 C                   If        Rtn <> 0
 C                   Eval      *INLR = *On
 C                   Return
 C                   Endif

*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
*                  ** Run Query to Open ADO Recordset from singlerow
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 C                   Eval      Rtn = SQL_RunSQLSel(SQL_Socket:
 C                             'select newid() from singlerow')

*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
*                  ** If no error, Go to First (only) record
*                     in recordset and get the GUID in return.
*                  ** Requires only a single server pass
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 C                   If        Rtn = 0
 C                   Eval      ID = SQL_MoveFirsBuf(SQL_Socket)

*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
*                  ** Run Query to Insert Records into
*                     into SQL Server Table singlerow.
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 C                   Eval      Rtn = SQL_RunSQLExec(SQL_Socket:
 C                             'insert into customer ' +
 C                             '(ID,' +
 C                             'First,' +
 C                             'Last) ' +
 C                             'values(' +
 C                             quot + %trimr(ID) + quot + ',' +
 C                             quot + 'Vern' + quot + ',' +
 C                             quot + 'Hamberg' + quot +
 C                             ')')
 C                   endif

*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Close ADO Database Conection
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 C                   callp     SQL_DBCloseConn(SQL_Socket)

*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 C* Disconnect from RPGSQL server
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 C                   callp     SQL_Disconnect(SQL_Socket)

 C                   SETON                                        LR

 


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