Nous souhaitons obtenir le nombre total d'entrées depuis 1979 classé par année mais en excluant les films totalisant à eux seuls plus de 10 millions d'entrées.
Pour cela, nous devons cumuler le nombre d'entrée de chaque film depuis 1979, enlever les entrées de ceux qui ont fait plus de 10 000 000 entrées puis trier le résultat par année.
Voici le code 4D correspondant à cette requête :
 ARRAY INTEGER(aMovieYear;0)
 ARRAY LONGINT(aSoldTickets;0)
 C_LONGINT($MovieYear;$vCrtMovieYear;$i;$MinSoldTickets;$vInd)
 
 REDUCE SELECTION([MOVIES];0)
 $MovieYear:=1979
 $MinSoldTickets:=10000000
 QUERY([MOVIES];[MOVIES]Year_of_Movie>=$MovieYear)
 ORDER BY([MOVIES];[MOVIES]Year_of_Movie;>)
 $vCrtMovieYear:=0
 $vInd:=Size of array(aMovieYear)
 For($i;1;Records in selection([MOVIES]))
    If([MOVIES]Year_of_Movie#$vCrtMovieYear)
       $vCrtMovieYear:=[MOVIES]Year_of_Movie
       If(aSoldTickets{$vInd}<$MinSoldTickets)
          $vInd:=$vInd+1
          INSERT IN ARRAY(aMovieYear;$vInd;1)
          aMovieYear{$vInd}:=$vCrtMovieYear
          INSERT IN ARRAY(aSoldTickets;$vInd;1)
       Else
          aSoldTickets{$vInd}:=0
       End if
    End if
    aSoldTickets{$vInd}:=aSoldTickets{$vInd}+[MOVIES]Sold_Tickets
    NEXT RECORD([MOVIES])
 End for
 If(aSoldTickets{$vInd}>=$MinSoldTickets)
    DELETE FROM ARRAY(aSoldTickets;$vInd;1)
    DELETE FROM ARRAY(aMovieYear;$vInd;1)
 End if
  
 ARRAY TEXT(aTitles;Taille tableau(aMovieYear))
 ARRAY TEXT(aDirectors;Taille tableau(aMovieYear))
 ARRAY TEXT(aMedias;Taille tableau(aMovieYear))
 ARRAY LONGINT(aNrActors;Taille tableau(aMovieYear))
  - En utilisant du code SQL :
 
  ARRAY INTEGER(aMovieYear;0)
 ARRAY LONGINT(aSoldTickets;0)
 C_LONGINT($MovieYear;$MinSoldTickets)
 
 $MovieYear:=1979
 $MinSoldTickets:=10000000
 Begin SQL
 SELECT Year_of_Movie, SUM(Sold_Tickets)
 FROM MOVIES
 WHERE Year_of_Movie >= :$MovieYear
 GROUP BY Year_of_Movie
 HAVING SUM(Sold_Tickets) < :$MinSoldTickets
 ORDER BY 1
 INTO :aMovieYear,  :aSoldTickets;
 End SQL
 
 ARRAY TEXT(aTitles;Taille tableau(aMovieYear))
 ARRAY TEXT(aDirectors;Taille tableau(aMovieYear))
 ARRAY TEXT(aMedias;Taille tableau(aMovieYear))
 ARRAY LONGINT(aNrActors;Taille tableau(aMovieYear))
 
- En utilisant les commandes SQL génériques :
 
  C_TEXT($tQueryTxt)
 ARRAY INTEGER(aMovieYear;0)
 ARRAY LONGINT(aSoldTickets;0)
 C_LONGINT($MovieYear;$MinSoldTickets)
 
 $MovieYear:=1979
 $MinSoldTickets:=10000000
 SQL LOGIN(SQL_INTERNAL;"";"")
 $tQueryTxt:=""
 $tQueryTxt:=$tQueryTxt+"SELECT Year_of_Movie, SUM(Sold_Tickets)"
 $tQueryTxt:=$tQueryTxt+" FROM MOVIES"
 $tQueryTxt:=$tQueryTxt+" WHERE Year_of_Movie >= :$MovieYear"
 $tQueryTxt:=$tQueryTxt+" GROUP BY Year_of_Movie"
 $tQueryTxt:=$tQueryTxt+" HAVING SUM(Sold_Tickets) < :$MinSoldTickets"
 $tQueryTxt:=$tQueryTxt+" ORDER BY 1"
 SQL EXECUTE($tQueryTxt;aMovieYear;aSoldTickets)
 SQL LOAD RECORD(SQL all records)
 SQL LOGOUT
 
 ARRAY TEXT(aTitles;Taille tableau(aMovieYear))
 ARRAY TEXT(aDirectors;Taille tableau(aMovieYear))
 ARRAY TEXT(aMedias;Taille tableau(aMovieYear))
 ARRAY LONGINT(aNrActors;Taille tableau(aMovieYear))
- En utilisant la commande CHERCHER PAR SQL :
 
  C_TEXT($tQueryTxt)
 ARRAY INTEGER(aMovieYear;0)
 ARRAY LONGINT(aSoldTickets;0)
 C_LONGINT($MovieYear;$MinSoldTickets;$vCrtMovieYear;$vInd;$i)
 
 REDUCE SELECTION([MOVIES];0)
 $MovieYear:=1979
 $MinSoldTickets:=10000000
 QUERY BY SQL([MOVIES];"Year_of_Movie >= :$MovieYear")
 ORDER BY([MOVIES];[MOVIES]Year_of_Movie;>)
 $vCrtMovieYear:=0
 $vInd:=Size of array(aMovieYear)
 For($i;1;Records in selection([MOVIES]))
 If([MOVIES]Year_of_Movie#$vCrtMovieYear)
 $vCrtMovieYear:=[MOVIES]Year_of_Movie
 If(aSoldTickets{$vInd}<$MinSoldTickets)
 $vInd:=$vInd+1
 INSERT IN ARRAY(aMovieYear;$vInd;1)
 aMovieYear{$vInd}:=$vCrtMovieYear
 INSERT IN ARRAY(aSoldTickets;$vInd;1)
 Else
 aSoldTickets{$vInd}:=0
 End if
 End if
 aSoldTickets{$vInd}:=aSoldTickets{$vInd}+[MOVIES]Sold_Tickets
 NEXT RECORD([MOVIES])
 End for
 If(aSoldTickets{$vInd}>=$MinSoldTickets)
 DELETE FROM ARRAY(aSoldTickets;$vInd;1)
 DELETE FROM ARRAY(aMovieYear;$vInd;1)
 End if
 
 ARRAY TEXT(aTitles;Taille tableau(aMovieYear))
 ARRAY TEXT(aDirectors;Taille tableau(aMovieYear))
 ARRAY TEXT(aMedias;Taille tableau(aMovieYear))
 ARRAY LONGINT(aNrActors;Taille tableau(aMovieYear))
- En utilisant la commande SQL dynamique EXECUTE IMMEDIATE :
 
  C_TEXT($tQueryTxt)
 ARRAY INTEGER(aMovieYear;0)
 ARRAY LONGINT(aSoldTickets;0)
 C_LONGINT($MovieYear;$MinSoldTickets)
 
 $MovieYear:=1979
 $MinSoldTickets:=10000000
 $tQueryTxt:=""
 $tQueryTxt:=$tQueryTxt+"SELECT Year_of_Movie, SUM(Sold_Tickets)"
 $tQueryTxt:=$tQueryTxt+" FROM MOVIES"
 $tQueryTxt:=$tQueryTxt+" WHERE Year_of_Movie >= :$MovieYear"
 $tQueryTxt:=$tQueryTxt+" GROUP BY Year_of_Movie"
 $tQueryTxt:=$tQueryTxt+" HAVING SUM(Sold_Tickets) < :$MinSoldTickets"
 $tQueryTxt:=$tQueryTxt+" ORDER BY 1"
 $tQueryTxt:=$tQueryTxt+" INTO :aMovieYear, :aSoldTickets;"
 Begin SQL
 EXECUTE IMMEDIATE :$tQueryTxt;
 End SQL
 
 ARRAY TEXT(aTitles;Taille tableau(aMovieYear))
 ARRAY TEXT(aDirectors;Taille tableau(aMovieYear))
 ARRAY TEXT(aMedias;Taille tableau(aMovieYear))
 ARRAY LONGINT(aNrActors;Taille tableau(aMovieYear))
 
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 Clause HAVING.