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<h1 class="topictitle1">Continuation for SQL statements in COBOL applications that use SQL</h1>
<div><p>The line continuation rules for SQL statements are the same as
those for other COBOL statements, except that EXEC SQL must be specified within
one line.</p>
<div class="section"><p>If you continue a string constant from one line to the next, the
first nonblank character in the next line must be either an apostrophe or
a quotation mark. If you continue a delimited identifier from one line to
the next, the first nonblank character in the next line must be either an
apostrophe or a quotation mark.</p>
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<div class="section"><p>Constants containing DBCS data can be continued across multiple
lines by placing the shift-in character in column 72 of the continued line
and the shift-out after the first string delimiter of the continuation line.</p>
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<div class="section"><p>This SQL statement has a valid graphic constant of G'&lt;AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJKK&gt;'.
The redundant shifts are removed.</p>
<pre>*...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+....8
EXEC SQL
<strong>SELECT</strong> * <strong>FROM</strong> GRAPHTAB <strong>WHERE</strong> GRAPHCOL = G'&lt;AABB&gt;
- '&lt;CCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJKK&gt;'
END-EXEC.
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzajpembedsqlcobol.htm" title="SQL statements can be coded in COBOL program sections as in this table.">Embed SQL statements in COBOL applications that use SQL</a></div>
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