SQL0312 Variable not defined or not usable

Hi folks,

After not working with RPG and embedded SQL for four years, I feel I'm
starting all over and some of it is not easy.

Basically, with a SQLRPGLE member, I'm trying to define a DS and using
FETCH NEXT FROM cursorName INTO dsName.

it won't compile and I'm getting:

SQL0312 30 105 Position 34 Variable ARTRANSACTIONS not defined or not
usable. Reason: No declaration for the variable exists,
the declaration is not within the current scope, or the
variable does not have an equivalent SQL data type.

Below are parts of the program. In the compile listing, it shows
ARTRANSACTIONS as undefined. What am I missing? The SQL statement works
when I copy it into Run SQL Scripts.

dcl-f vascct disk usage(*output);

dcl-ds arTransactions extname('VASCCT': *OUTPUT) qualified;
end-ds;

exec sql
DECLARE arCursor CURSOR FOR long-sql-select-statement;

exec sql
OPEN arCursor;

exec sql
FETCH NEXT FROM arCursor INTO :arTransactions;

dow sqlState = '00000';
write vascctr arTransactions;
exec sql
FETCH NEXT FROM arCursor INTO :arTransactions;
endDo;

exec sql
CLOSE arCursor;




Yours truly,

Glenn Gundermann
Email: glenn.gundermann@xxxxxxxxx
Cell: (416) 317-3144