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Defining Host Variables

What You Declare

Within an SQL declare section, you specify the name, level, and data type of host variables using standard PL/I data declarative statements and observing these guidelines:

• A host variable name must conform to PL/I rules for forming variable names
• The level number is in the range of 1 to 255
• The data type of the host variable