$.udb(ds).rows()

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This article is about the rows() function of the DataSourceContainer object.

$.udb(ds).rows()

Addresses a record or a set of records of the first data source in the container.

Returns a collection of records.

tip

Row selectors The optional arguments passed to .rows() in the syntax block below are row selectors. They allow you to identify one or more specific records.

Syntax

$.udb( *ds* ).rows( *index*, *index* )
$.udb( *ds* ).rows( *keyword*, *indicator* )

The optional ds is a data source selector.

The optional index, keyword, indicator are row selectors. If you do not pass a row selector, all records in the data source are addressed. If you do pass a row selector, you either pass one or two index arguments or you pass a keyword argument that possibly requires an indicator argument.

Passing row selectors

Index values are integers or arrays used to identify records in the data source:

• If you pass a single integer value, the record that corresponds to that index value is addressed.
• If you pass two integer values, the records corresponding to the first and the second index value are adressed and also all the records in between.
• If you pass an array of integer values, the records corresponding to the elements in the array are adressed.
• The index is 0-based: the first item has index 0, not 1.

Examples

This example addresses the 5th record:

$.udb('EMP').rows(4);

and is short for:

$.udb('EMP').rowSet('current').rows(4);

This example addresses the 5th, 6th and 7th record:

$.udb('EMP').rows(4, 6);

This example addresses the records with the specified indices:

$.udb('EMP').rowSet('current').rows([0, 1, 4, 7]);

Passing keyword and indicator values

Each keyword value is a string that identifies a predefined option. If the Indicator column is empty, the indicator parameter does not apply; otherwise, the indicator stated is required.

Keyword	Indicator	Description
current		The current record (not the same as 'selected')
dataset	data set indicator	The records in the requested data set
condition	condition	The record(s) that satisfy the condition
first		The first record
id	row ID	The record with the requested row ID
last		The last record
marked		All marked records
next		The record following the current record
previous		The record preceding the current record
selected		All selected records (not the same as 'current')

Examples

This example addresses the record following the current record:

$.udb('EMP').rows('next');

This example addresses the records in the first data set:

$.udb('EMP').rows('dataset', 1);

This example gets records that satisfy the equality condition EMPNO = 10:

$.udb('EMP').rows( { EMPNO: "10" } );

These examples get records that satisfy more complex conditions:

$.udb('EMP').rows('condition', { BIRTH_DATE: ">=01-JAN-1980" } );

$.udb('EMP').rows('condition', { BIRTH_DATE: ">=01-JAN-1980&<=01-JAN-2000" } );

To get all rows where MANAGER is NULL and SALARY is higher than 35000:

$.udb('EMP').rows('condition', { MANAGER: "NULL", SALARY: ">35000" } );