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Embedding SQL Statements

Requirements

To embed an SQL statement in a PL/I program, you must:

• Include an SQLXQ1 declaration
• Observe PL/I margin requirements (columns 2 to 72)
• Use statement delimiters

Options

You can use SQL conventions to:

• Continue an SQL statement on the next line
• Insert comments in an SQL statement

You can use a precompiler-directive statement to copy SQL statements in a module from the dictionary into the program.