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Binder and Compilation Messages (4000 through
4999)
SQL 4118
4118 The cursor query expression is not updatable.
Cause. You specified a join or a nonupdatable query in an updatable cursor query
(that is, one with an optional FOR UPDATE OF clause). A join query is not updatable.
Effect. The operation fails.
Recovery. An updatable cursor query should not specify a join or a nonupdatable
query. An SQL/MX statement cursor is updatable if all the following are true:
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It is a SELECT statement.
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There is only one table reference in the FROM clause, and there are no correlated
subquery references to that table. For example, this query is updatable:
SELECT A FROM T;
This one is not: SELECT A FROM T WHERE B = (SELECT C FROM U WHERE
T.I. = U.I)
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There are no aggregates.
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There are no GROUP BY, DISTINCT, or ORDER BY clauses.
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All select_list columns are column references.
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No column reference occurs more than once in the select list.
This example of a nonupdatable cursor join query selects the target of the update
correctly and receives an error:
>>SELECT A.PROD_CODE, B.UPDATE_FLAG FROM EXPRODPARAMS A, MSRATES
B
+>WHERE CASE WHEN B.UPDATE_FLAG IS NULL THEN
B.UPDATE_FLAG END = 'N'
+>AND A.ACC_TYPE = B.ACC_TYPE AND A.PROD_CODE = B.PROD_CODE
+>FOR UPDATE OF UPDATE_FLAG ;
*** ERROR[4118] The cursor query expression is not updatable.
*** ERROR[8822] Unable to prepare the statement.
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'N' ELSE