Nous souhaitons effectuer des recherches relatives aux acteurs des films. Plus précisément, nous voulons trouver tous les films auxquels ont participé au moins 7 acteurs. Les résultats devront être triés par année.
Pour cela, nous allons utiliser une fonction 4D (Find_Nr_Of_Actors) qui, à partir d'un numéro d'ID de film reçu en paramètre, retourne le nombre d'acteurs qui ont joué dans ce film :
  
 C_LONGINT($0;$1;$vMovie_ID)
 $vMovie_ID:=$1
 QUERY([MOVIE_ACTOR];[MOVIE_ACTOR]Movie_ID=$vMovie_ID)<tt>
 $0:=Records in selection([MOVIE_ACTOR</tt>
Voici le code 4D correspondant à notre requête :
 ARRAY LONGINT(aSoldTickets;0)
 ARRAY INTEGER(aMovieYear;0)
 ARRAY LONGINT(aNrActors;0)
 ARRAY TEXT(aTitles;0)
 ARRAY TEXT(aDirectors;0)
 ARRAY TEXT(aMedias;0)
 C_LONGINT($NrOfActors;$i;$vInd)
 
 $vInd:=0
 $NrOfActors:=7
 ALL RECORDS([MOVIES])
 For($i;1;Records in selection([MOVIES]))
    $vCrtActors:=Find_Nr_Of_Actors([MOVIES]ID)
    Si($vCrtActors>=$NrOfActors)
    $vInd:=$vInd+1
    INSERT IN ARRAY(aMovieYear;$vInd;1)
    aMovieYear{$vInd}:=[MOVIES]Year_of_Movie
    INSERT IN ARRAY(aTitles;$vInd;1)
    aTitles{$vInd}:=[MOVIES]Title
    INSERT IN ARRAY(aDirectors;$vInd;1)
    aDirectors{$vInd}:=[MOVIES]Director
    INSERT IN ARRAY(aMedias;$vInd;1)
    aMedias{$vInd}:=[MOVIES]Media
    INSERT IN ARRAY(aSoldTickets;$vInd;1)
    aSoldTickets{$vInd}:=[MOVIES]Sold_Tickets
    INSERT IN ARRAY(aNrActors;$vInd;1)
    aNrActors{$vInd}:=$vCrtActors
    Fin de si
    NEXT RECORD([MOVIES])
 End for
 SORT ARRAY(aMovieYear;aTitles;aDirectors;aMedias;aSoldTickets;aNrActors;>)
  - En utilisant du code SQL :
 
  ARRAY LONGINT(aSoldTickets;0)
 ARRAY INTEGER(aMovieYear;0)
 ARRAY LONGINT(aNrActors;0)
 ARRAY TEXT(aTitles;0)
 ARRAY TEXT(aDirectors;0)
 ARRAY TEXT(aMedias;0)
 C_LONGINT($NrOfActors;$i;$vInd)
 
 $vInd:=0
 $NrOfActors:=7
 Begin SQL
 SELECT Year_of_Movie, Title, Director, Media, Sold_Tickets, {fn Find_Nr_Of_Actors(ID) AS NUMERIC}
 FROM MOVIES
 WHERE {fn Find_Nr_Of_Actors(ID) AS NUMERIC} >= :$NrOfActors
 ORDER BY 1
 INTO :aMovieYear, :aTitles, :aDirectors, :aMedias, :aSoldTickets, :aNrActors;
 End SQL
 
 Vous pouvez constater que nous pouvons appeler une fonction 4D à l'intérieur d'une requête SQL via la syntaxe :
 {fn NomFonction4D(paramètre) AS TypeRésultatFonction4D}. 
- En utilisant les commandes SQL génériques :
 
  ARRAY LONGINT(aSoldTickets;0)
 ARRAY INTEGER(aMovieYear;0)
 ARRAY LONGINT(aNrActors;0)
 ARRAY TEXT(aTitles;0)
 ARRAY TEXT(aDirectors;0)
 ARRAY TEXT(aMedias;0)
 C_LONGINT($NrOfActors;$i;$vInd)
 C_TEXT($tQueryTxt)
 
 $vInd:=0
 $NrOfActors:=7
 SQL LOGIN(SQL_INTERNAL;"";"")
 $tQueryTxt:=""
 $tQueryTxt:=$tQueryTxt+"SELECT Year_of_Movie, Title, Director, Media, Sold_Tickets, {fn Find_Nr_Of_Actors(ID) AS NUMERIC}"
 $tQueryTxt:=$tQueryTxt+" FROM MOVIES"
 $tQueryTxt:=$tQueryTxt+" WHERE {fn Find_Nr_Of_Actors(ID) AS NUMERIC} >= :$NrOfActors"
 $tQueryTxt:=$tQueryTxt+" ORDER BY 1"
 SQL EXECUTE($tQueryTxt;aMovieYear;aTitles;aDirectors;aMedias;aSoldTickets;aNrActors)
 SQL LOAD RECORD(SQL all records)
 SQL LOGOUT
- En utilisant la commande CHERCHER PAR SQL :
 
  ARRAY LONGINT(aSoldTickets;0)
 ARRAY INTEGER(aMovieYear;0)
 ARRAY LONGINT(aNrActors;0)
 ARRAY TEXT(aTitles;0)
 ARRAY TEXT(aDirectors;0)
 ARRAY TEXT(aMedias;0)
 C_LONGINT($NrOfActors;$i;$vInd)
 
 $vInd:=0
 $NrOfActors:=7
 QUERY BY SQL([MOVIES];"{fn Find_Nr_Of_Actors(ID) AS NUMERIC} >= :$NrOfActors")
 For($i;1;Records in selection([MOVIES]))
 $vInd:=$vInd+1
 INSERT IN ARRAY(aMovieYear;$vInd;1)
 aMovieYear{$vInd}:=[MOVIES]Year_of_Movie
 INSERT IN ARRAY(aTitles;$vInd;1)
 aTitles{$vInd}:=[MOVIES]Title
 INSERT IN ARRAY(aDirectors;$vInd;1)
 aDirectors{$vInd}:=[MOVIES]Director
 INSERT IN ARRAY(aMedias;$vInd;1)
 aMedias{$vInd}:=[MOVIES]Media
 INSERT IN ARRAY(aSoldTickets;$vInd;1)
 aSoldTickets{$vInd}:=[MOVIES]Sold_Tickets
 INSERT IN ARRAY(aNrActors;$vInd;1)
 aNrActors{$vInd}:=Find_Nr_Of_Actors([MOVIES]ID)
 NEXT RECORD([MOVIES])
 End for
 SORT ARRAY(aMovieYear;aTitles;aDirectors;aMedias;aSoldTickets;aNrActors;>)
- En utilisant la commande SQL dynamique EXECUTE IMMEDIATE :
 
  ARRAY LONGINT(aSoldTickets;0)
 ARRAY INTEGER(aMovieYear;0)
 ARRAY LONGINT(aNrActors;0)
 ARRAY TEXT(aTitles;0)
 ARRAY TEXT(aDirectors;0)
 ARRAY TEXT(aMedias;0)
 C_LONGINT($NrOfActors;$i;$vInd)
 C_TEXT($tQueryTxt)
 
 $vInd:=0
 $NrOfActors:=7
 $tQueryTxt:=""
 $tQueryTxt:=$tQueryTxt+"SELECT Year_of_Movie, Title, Director, Media, Sold_Tickets, {fn Find_Nr_Of_Actors(ID) AS NUMERIC}"
 $tQueryTxt:=$tQueryTxt+" FROM MOVIES"
 $tQueryTxt:=$tQueryTxt+" WHERE {fn Find_Nr_Of_Actors(ID) AS NUMERIC} >= :$NrOfActors"
 $tQueryTxt:=$tQueryTxt+" ORDER BY 1"
 $tQueryTxt:=$tQueryTxt+" INTO :aMovieYear, :aTitles, :aDirectors, :aMedias, :aSoldTickets,"+" :aNrActors;"
 Begin SQL
 EXECUTE IMMEDIATE :$tQueryTxt;
 End SQL
 
Pour tester ces exemples, lancez la base "4D SQL Code Samples" et affichez la boîte de dialogue principale. Choisissez le mode d'interrogation du moteur de 4D et cliquez sur le bouton Appel de méthode 4D.