How can I iterate of the results of a select statement

[#1]

Hi,

I have the following SELECT

SQL SELECT
  name as report_definition_name
FROM reports WHERE reports.active = 1;

My question is how do I iterate over the values of the result set? I want to take the report_definition_name (s) and for each one assign the name to a variable and do something with that.

Thanks in advance

Panayotis

[flipside · Accepted solution]

Hi Panayotis,

Try the following ...

For i = 1 to NoOfRows('yourtable')

  LET varStatic = FieldValue('report_definition_name',$(i)); //Option 1: uses one variable to be used for actions within the loop

  SET varName = 'var_$(i)';
  LET $(varName) = FieldValue('report_definition_name',$(i)); //Option 2: creates variable for each value so they can be                                                                                           referenced outside of the loop

next

You will probably need to have distinct row values in the table.  If you have a lot of values, the multiple variables option might not be a good idea.

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