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I would like to run some ad hoc select statements in the IBM System I Navigator tool for DB2 using a variable that I declare. For example, in the SQL Server world I would easily do this in the SQL Server Management Studio query window like so: DECLARE @VariableName varchar(50); SET @VariableName = 'blah blah'; select * from TableName where Column = @VariableName; How can I do something similar in the IBM System I Navigator tool? Brian I ran across this post while searching for the same question. My coworker provided the answer. It is indeed possible to declare variables in an ad hoc SQL

First, I need to thank Kent Milligan and his article at http://www.mcpressonline.com/sql/techtip-combining-multiple-row-values-into-a-single-row-with-sql-in-db2-for-i.html for getting me as far in this problem as I have. But now I need to expand on what he has done here. To avoid you having to go to his article, the problem he addressed was concatenating string data from multiple rows into a single row in the resulting table. For example: Table Cars: Make Model Ford Fusion Chevy Tahoe Honda Odyssey Ford Taurus Ford Focus Chevy Malibu Results: Make Model Chevy Malibu, Tahoe Ford Focus, Taurus,