db2_all : escape * ' ( " in ksh

Prince Kumar

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Aug 23, 2004, 4:08:19 PM8/23/04

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I am trying to escape the special characters while executing the
following sql, but couldn't figure out a way.

db2_all "db2 connect to mydb; db2 select * from table
(SNAPSHOT_CONTAINER ( '' , -1 ) ) as snp where TABLESPACE_NAME =
'MYTSP'; db2 terminate".

How would I get this successully executed?

Thanks.

Ian

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Aug 23, 2004, 10:38:31 PM8/23/04

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Prince Kumar wrote:

Use the unix escape character, '\'.

db2_all "db2 connect to mydb; db2 \"select * from ...\"; db2 terminate"

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Prince Kumar

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Aug 25, 2004, 7:56:07 PM8/25/04

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Thanks Ian,

I already tried that. I got the following error.

db2_all "db2 connect to mydb; db2 \"select * from table

(SNAPSHOT_CONTAINER('', -1 )) as snp where TABLESPACE_NAME = 'TSSAM'
\";db2 terminate"

Database Connection Information

Database server = DB2/6000 8.1.5
SQL authorization ID = XXXXX
Local database alias = MYDB

SQL0104N An unexpected token "," was found following
"(SNAPSHOT_CONTAINER(".
Expected tokens may include: "<space>". SQLSTATE=42601
DB20000I The TERMINATE command completed successfully.
cdidev01: db2 connect to mydb completed ok

I tried to escape the "(" , "'" as well. But it did not help.

Thanks,
Prince.

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Ian

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Aug 26, 2004, 3:47:34 PM8/26/04

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Prince Kumar wrote:

> Thanks Ian,
>
> I already tried that. I got the following error.
>
> db2_all "db2 connect to mydb; db2 \"select * from table
> (SNAPSHOT_CONTAINER('', -1 )) as snp where TABLESPACE_NAME = 'TSSAM'
> \";db2 terminate"

This exact syntax works just fine for me. Are you using a weird shell,
or do you have anything strange in your .profile, db2profile or
userprofile?

Prince Kumar

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Aug 30, 2004, 7:58:19 PM8/30/04

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Hi Ian,

I am using ksh on AIX 5.2. I don't see any weird stuff in the .profile
or db2profile. If I do not have the "(" or any such spl characters it
works fine.

db2_all "db2 select agent_id from table(snapshot_lock(' ',-1) ) as
snap"

ksh: 0403-057 Syntax error at line 1 : `(' is not expected.

ksh: 0403-057 Syntax error at line 1 : `(' is not expected.

ksh: 0403-057 Syntax error at line 1 : `(' is not expected.

ksh: 0403-057 Syntax error at line 1 : `(' is not expected.

$ db2_all "db2 select 'no-conn' from sysibm.sysdummy1"

SQL1024N A database connection does not exist. SQLSTATE=08003
cdidev01: db2 select agent_id ... completed rc=4

SQL1024N A database connection does not exist. SQLSTATE=08003
cdidev01: db2 select agent_id ... completed rc=4

Note: I did not connect to the db. I just wanted to see whether the
syntax works or not

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Prince Kumar

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Aug 31, 2004, 5:39:02 PM8/31/04

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Just an update.

db2_all 'db2 connect to mydb; db2 "select * from

table(snapshot_lockwait(chr(32),-1)) as snap "; db2 terminate'

The above works fine. But when I try to replace the chr(32) (ie the
space) with \' \', (ie quote-space-quote) I get the following error

ksh: 0403-057 Syntax error: `)' is not expected

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