HP 3000 Manuals

ALLBASE/SQL COBOL Application Programming Guide

Declaring Host Variables 

Variables used in SQL commands in the PROCEDURE DIVISION are known as
host variables.  All host variables used in a program must be declared in
the FILE SECTION, the WORKING-STORAGE SECTION, or the LINKAGE SECTION of
the DATA DIVISION. The declarations must appear between the two following
SQL commands:

          EXEC SQL BEGIN DECLARE SECTION END-EXEC.
           .
           .  Host variables are declared here 
           .  in COBOL data declarations. 

          EXEC SQL END DECLARE SECTION END-EXEC.

For detailed information regarding host variables, see Chapter 4.

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