RE: if defined syntax in sql rpg?

>3. ask if there is a way to put the SQL statements in 
>a string and then pass that string to the SQL engine 
>(like MySQL or postgres does).  Maybe like:
>
>C      eval    string = 'EXEC SQL DECLARE C1 CURSOR FOR blah ...'
>C<somehow tell the SQL machine to run the contents of string <string> >
>
>So how about it?  Is there a way to do option 3?

You can try CLI.  Look at the Dec 99 issue of Midrange Computing if you can
find it.  There's an article called "Pick lists on the Fly."  I have the
save file from the article if you need it.  I presume that if I mail it
intact, that I am not violating any copyrights...

Buck