Precompiler Option - STDSQL(NO/YES)

DB2 SQL and the SQL standard are not identical. The STDSQL precompiler option addresses some of the differences:
STDSQL(NO) indicates that conformance with the SQL standard is not intended. The default is the value of field STD SQL LANGUAGE on installation panel DSNTIP4 (which has a default of NO).

STDSQL(YES) indicates that conformance with the SQL standard is intended.
When a program is precompiled with the STDSQL(YES) option, the following rules apply:

#Declaring host variables:
All host variable declarations except in Java and REXX must lie between pairs of BEGIN DECLARE SECTION and END DECLARE SECTION statements:
BEGIN DECLARE SECTION

-- one or more host variable declarations

END DECLARE SECTION
Separate pairs of these statements can bracket separate sets of host variable declarations.

#Declarations for SQLCODE and SQLSTATE:
The programmer must declare host variables for either SQLCODE or SQLSTATE, or both. SQLCODE should be defined as a fullword integer and SQLSTATE should be defined as a 5-byte character string. SQLCODE and SQLSTATE cannot be part of any structure. The variables must be declared in the DECLARE SECTION of a program; however, SQLCODE can be declared outside of the DECLARE SECTION when no host variable is defined for SQLSTATE. For PL/I, an acceptable declaration can look like this:
DECLARE SQLCODE BIN FIXED(31);
DECLARE SQLSTATE CHAR(5);

In Fortran programs, the variable SQLCOD should be used for SQLCODE, and either SQLSTATE or SQLSTA can be used for SQLSTATE.

#Definitions for the SQLCA:
An SQLCA must not be defined in your program, either by coding its definition manually or by using the INCLUDE SQLCA statement. When STDSQL(YES) is specified, the DB2 precompiler automatically generates an SQLCA that includes the variable name SQLCADE instead of SQLCODE and SQLSTAT instead of SQLSTATE. After each SQL statement executes, DB2 assigns status information to SQLCODE and SQLSTATE, whose declarations are described above, as follows:

SQLCODE: DB2 assigns the value in SQLCADE to SQLCODE. In Fortran, SQLCAD and SQLCOD are used for SQLCADE and SQLCODE, respectively.
SQLSTATE: DB2 assigns the value in SQLSTAT to SQLSTATE. (In Fortran, SQLSTT and SQLSTA are used for SQLSTAT and SQLSTATE, respectively.)
No declaration for either SQLSTATE or SQLCODE: DB2 assigns the value in SQLCADE to SQLCODE.
If the precompiler encounters an INCLUDE SQLCA statement, it ignores the statement and issues a warning message. The precompiler also does not recognize hand-coded definitions, and a hand-coded definition creates a compile-time conflict with the precompiler-generated definition. A similar conflict arises if definitions of SQLCADE or SQLSTAT, other than the ones generated by the DB2 precompiler, appear in the program.