In many projects, the scenario where you need to find, if the rows exist or not for a particular condition.
Performance is the main issue, if you write complex SQL queries. The best and latest approach is using Fetch First 1 row only. When you specify it in your SQL query, the result will be 1 or more than one row. Our aim is to find if the rows exist or not.
The below Sample SQL query helps you real use of above phrase.
FETCH FIRST 1 ROW ONLY is as efficient as a correlated sub-query, and it is a more straightforward coding style.
Fetch First 1 Row Only:
In the below query, when single row is found, you will get SQL CODE as zeros. So that you can set flag as rows found to true.
MOVE ZEROS TO HOST-VARIABLE1 SELECT 1 INTO :HOST-VARIABLE1 FROM TABLE1 WHERE COLUMN1 = :HOST-VARIABLE-X AND COLUMN2 = :HOST-VARIABLE-Y FETCH FIRST 1 ROW ONLY EVALUATE SQLCODE …‥ IF SQLCODE = 0 SET ROWS-FOUND TO TRUE END-IF
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