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This section contains the FAQ's of the GNADE project.
I like to use strings in the WHERE clause of a query, but nothing seems to work.
In such a situation a length indicator is needed. This is done by adding the INDICATOR keyword as shown below.
Example A-1. Using a string in the WHERE clause
      EXEC SQL BEGIN DECLARE SECTION END-EXEC 
         firstname : CHAR(1..80);
         .. 
      EXEC SQL END DECLARE SECTION END-EXEC     
      move( name, firstname );
      namelength := INDICATOR_TYPE(name'Legnth);
      SELECT 
         number, 
         ...............
         contact_postcode, contact_country 
      INTO 
         :stu_number, 
         ...............
         :stu_contact_postcode, :stu_contact_country 
       FROM STUDENT 
         WHERE name_first = :firstname INDICATOR :namelength 
      Since GNADE version 1.1.9 the data type VARCHAR has been introduced which already includes the length indicator.