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Specifying Processing Options in PL/I, C, and Assembler

The three methods by which you can specify processing options are:

• Options file
• Execution parameters
• PL/I, C, or Assembler source

All option specifications are reported in their processing order: first the options file, then the execution parameters, and finally the source.

Not all options can be specified by all three methods. For example, the GENSTOR= and GENINIT= options make sense only within the source. But in all three methods the option specification consists of the option keyword, the equal sign, and the value for the option without any intervening blanks. Case is not important except where noted. See Options You Can Specify for details about the option keywords.

Note: If you are using the C language, specifying GENSTOR=, GENINIT=, or INLINE= is not valid, because in C all storage is allocated at the point of the first EXEC SQL BEGIN DECLARE SECTION, meaning that the inline method is the only one C can use.