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API Overview

The pjs.query() API is a shortcut for executing an SQL statement and automatically fetching the results. The results are returned by default as a primitive JavaScript array or object. However, if the 4th parameter is specified, the results are instead returned into a set of strongly defined fields, a strongly defined array, or a strongly defined data structure.

This API first prepares the SQL statement, binds parameters (if any), executes the statement, and then fetches the records.

This API also has the capability to INSERT or UPDATE records using a primitive JavaScript object that represent fields and their corresponding values.

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If the SQL statement is an INSERT or an UPDATE, parameter 3 and parameter 4 are not applicable.



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When using an IBM i database, this API requires the Profound.js Connector module.

Parameters

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This API can accept an optional database connection definition object to select between multiple database connections. To select the database connection, call pjs.getDB() and pass the result as the first parameter, followed by the parameters documented below. If a database connection definition object is not passed, the default database connection is used.

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  1. If parameter 4 is specified, the API does not return a value.
  2. If 1 record is requested, the API returns a JavaScript object that represents the fetched record or null if no record was found.
  3. If more than 1 record is requested, the API returns an array of JavaScript objects, where each Object represents a record. If no records were fetched, an empty array is returned.


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16MB of data is the limit for the whole result from a pjs.query() request with the IBM i Connector. (The limit is not 16MB per column).


Examples

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pjs.defineDisplay("display", "mydisplay.json");
var records = pjs.query("SELECT * FROM ORDERS");
display.grid1.replaceRecords(records);

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For IBMi database, prior to Profound.js release 5.7.0, the names of the columns in the result set returned by pjs.query() and other Profound.js APIs are always in lowercase. Since Profound.js release 5.7.0, you can use either use  configuration "keepColNameCase"(in effect for the entire instance ) or use API pjs.setOptions() (in effect for the current Profound.js session) to instruct pjs.query() and other SQL APIs to keep the case of the columns names as is, as resulted from the SQL statement.  For backward compatibility and to avoid breaking current user code, the default behavior is the "old" behavior; that is, the column names are always in lowercase.

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